A meeting was held with representatives of the Paris Bar Association

Yasin Yakuti, a member of the Presidium of the Paris Bar Association and Alice Arfi, another lawyer with extensive media relations, visited the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan to establish direct relations and discuss prospects for future cooperation.

According to the e-huquq.az, receiving the guests, Chairman of the Bar Association, Mr. Anar Bagirov spoke about the war, the 44-day counter-offensive and the glorious victory, as well as he noted that the Bar Association, during and after the war, twice addressed legal and factually substantiated reports to 230 international organizations, calling for an assessment of war crimes, environmental and cultural terrorism committed by the Republic of Armenia and strongly condemned these actions.

Then, A. Bagirov spoke about the work done by the Bar Association over the past three years, as well as activities and cooperation in the international sphere.

During the meeting, Yakuti said that they and a group of French lawyers had petitioned the French government for the bias of official Paris, which in turn damaged France's reputation in the region and disrespected international law. He added that they called on France to take a position based on international law, not the position which France wants. In particular, they called on the government to support the sending of a UNESCO mission to Azerbaijan to assess the damage caused to the cultural values of Azerbaijan during the occupation.

Besides, the newly elected member of the Presidium Y. Yakuti noted with regret the weak relations between the two Bar Associations and the lack of strengthening cooperation for many years and stressed the need to build strong and healthy relations.

The meeting was also attended by Bayram Orujov, Head of Administrative Office of the Bar Association, Famil Mammadov, a French-educated lawyer in Strasbourg and Eldar Mammadov, an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Extensive discussions were held with the staff of Bar Associations, it was decided to keep in touch with the ideas put forward , the planned work and to implement them.