"I was in the National Assembly during the debate. Three deputies voted against the proposed resolution. There were 200 people in the hall, consisting of 120 deputies and other representatives. Half of the deputies were absent. Deputies in favor of the resolution were given the floor in the debates.
This violated freedom of speech in the Assembly. " This opinion was expressed by Jerome Lambert, Member of the French National Assembly, Vice President of the French-Azerbaijani Interparliamentary Friendship Group, in an interview with AZERTAC on the discussion of a draft resolution on "Protection of the Armenian people and Christian communities in Europe and the East." He said that only pro-Armenian deputies were allowed to speak in the debates: "Other deputies were deliberately excluded from this meeting of the Assembly. Only 188 out of 577 deputies of the National Assembly voted in favor of the resolution. All of them are of Armenian origin. Of course, we strongly condemn such political games in the National Assembly. Such hypocrisy has a negative impact on relations between France and Azerbaijan. We regret that. "