French President Emmanuel Macron has stated his readiness to work resolutely for a just settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"On behalf of France, as a co-chair of the [OSCE] Minsk Group, allow me to express support to the call of the UN Secretary-General to put an end the 'epidemic of war.' In this regard, you can count on the commitment France has assumed to work resolutely and impartially on a just and lasting settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through negotiations," reads the message which the French leader sent to President Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of Azerbaijan's national holiday, AzerTac reported.