The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned the French Senate resolution which calls on the French government to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).

"This decision of the French Senate is a clear indication of why the work of the OSCE Minsk Group carried out by the Co-Chairs, which must remain neutral, has not yet been able to resolve this issue…We want France to now take a constructive position for stabilization of the region, drawing the right conclusions," the Turkish MFA statement reads.

The French Senate on Wednesday passed—by an overwhelming majority—a resolution calling on the French government to recognize Artsakh's independence.

On November 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on a complete cessation of hostilities—which Azerbaijan had launched on September 27—in and around Artsakh.