The Head of Azerbaijan Liberal Party Lala Shovkat calls on to refuse national awards in France.

The Head of the Azerbaijan Liberal Party Lala Shovkat  made a statement condemning the bill  on criminal persecution for denying the Armenian genocide  adopted on the eve by the  French Senate. She called it "falsification of history" and "loss of confidence by Paris", and condemned  the official Baku  for "inadequate response" to what is happening. 

The Azerbaijani authorities have forgotten their own slogan "one nation - two states", which characterizes the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, said Shovkat. She noted that  the law adopted by the French Senate  is directed not only against Turkey, but Azerbaijan. Shovkat reminded  that in 2009 at the request of Azerbaijan, Turkey not to open borders with Turkey. 

She called on  Baku to reconsider relations with France. Shovkat also called  the cavaliers  of  the Order "Legion d'Honneur" of France, namely, President Ilham Aliyev, his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva and other citizens of Azerbaijan,  to refuse this order as a sign of protest against the unjust decision of the French Senate.