Azerbaijan's new demands on Armenia under the peace agreement are unacceptable, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday, reports Nouvelles d'Armenie en Ligne.

"Azerbaijan is now demanding a revision of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. This new precondition is unacceptable and delays the signing [of the peace agreement]," Barrot said, with disappointment, during a hearing in the French National Assembly.

Also, he stressed that France is closely following the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians’ “trials” in Azerbaijan.

"France, as well as the European Union, whose mission has just visited the region, is closely following the situation of all arbitrarily detained [Armenians], and calls for their release as part of the ongoing settlement process," Barrot said.

“The South Caucasus must become a zone of peace and prosperity,” he added, stressing that the European Union can play its role in “contributing to the opening of borders and the opening of this region, for the benefit of the people of the region.”

“That is why we call for respect for sovereignty and respect for territorial integrity (...) within the framework of this peace treaty that must now be signed between the two countries,” added the French foreign minister.