The Co-ordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) has condemned a government-proposed bill on establishing an Azerbaijan cultural center in Paris.

According Nouvelles d'Arménie, they have issued a statement in that connection, expressing astonishment over the plan.

“On July 25, [Prime Minister] Jean-Mark Ayrault and [Foreign Minister] Lauren Fabius submitted to the Council of Ministers a draft that would allow the Azerbaijani dictatorship to found a cultural center in Paris. The CCAF is very surprised that France’s new government attaches a big urgency to the draft, including it in the agenda. Are there no other priorities in France?” reads the statement.

The members of the Council note that international human rights organizations constantly slam the Aliyev regime for violation of human rights and racist and non-democratic policies.

“Following the anti-Armenian war against Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku has multiplied its threats against not only the Republic but also the Armenians worldwide, whom President Aliyev called his country’s enemies without any hesitation in an April 16 scandalous speech,” the say.

Taking into consideration the above, the Council considers the move very surprising and shocking.