YEREVAN. – French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud has no information about his country's intention to sell weapons to Azerbaijan or any other regional state, because it is untrue.

Ambassador Reynaud commented on the Azerbaijani media reports about France's readiness to sell air-defense system.

Earlier haqqin.az portal quoting French portal “Intelligence Online” said France plans to sell mid-range air defense system. According to the reports, the sale was lobbied during Francois Hollande's visit to Azerbaijan in May.

French diplomat dismissed the reports, saying the sale of weapons by France cannot happen.

“As a country that is an OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing state and is engaged in mission of bringing peace between conflicting parties, France could not but respect all provisions of the UN and OSCE. France strictly dismisses the idea of selling weapons to any country that is in engaged in a conflict,” he told reporters.