The Armenian National Committee of France (CDCA) hailed the appointment of Socialist lawmaker Bruno Le Roux as new Interior Minister of France.

The newly appointed minister is an advocate of raising issues of Armenian concern, CDCA Chairman Harout Mardirosian told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Together we have paid numerous visits to Armenia and Karabakh, and every time we reaffirmed our commitment to strengthen relations between Armenia and France,” he added.

In Mardirosian’s words, it was with the direct participation and support of Le Roux that the French parliament discussed, voted, and adopted the resolutions recognizing and condemning Armenian Genocide as well as criminalizing its denial.

Incidentally, according to Azerbaijani media, France’s new interior minister is on the Azerbaijani “blacklist” for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).