The French Foreign Ministry has held an online conference on its website.

When asked by an Azerbaijani journalist about the forthcoming presidential election in Nagorno Karabakh and the ministry's stance, the MFA spokesperson replied that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will make a joint statement regarding the issue in the near future.

The presidential election in Artsakh is scheduled for July 19. The three candidates to run for presidency are: current leader Bako Sahakyan; NKR MP, ex-deputy defense minister Vitaly Balasanyan; Armenian State Agrarian University’s Stepanakert Subsidiary pro-rector Arkady Soghomonyan.