Valérie Boyer calls UN mission’s visit to Artsakh a masquerade

French Senator, Deputy Chair of the France-Armenia Friendship Group Valérie Boyer described a recent UN team’s visit to Artsakh a masquerade during the C dans l’air program, Armenpress reported.

“I think we need to defend Armenia, but not through the masquerade happening today (visit of the UN mission to Artsakh – ed.). Do you have a list of countries selected by Azerbaijan to participate in the mission?There’s no one left there (in Artsakh – ed.),” Boyer said.

She said that France should recall its ambassador from Azerbaijan and impose sanctions against Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.

For the first time in 30 years, the UN organized a one-day mission visit to Artsakh. According to the UN mission, they were “struck by the sudden manner in which the local population left their homes.” The statement of the UN mission also said that there was no visible damage to public infrastructure, the mission did not see any signs of destruction of agricultural infrastructure or livestock.

It was reported that the UN mission that visited Artsakh included representatives of Turkiye, Pakistan, Albania, Hungary and Russia.