The leaders of Canada and France stressed the importance of diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuelle Macron discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and the fight against terrorism during a telephone conversation on Thursday. This was reported by the press service of the head of the Canadian government.
“Prime Minister Trudeau expressed his solidarity with the French people in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and violence. The leaders agreed on the importance of protecting freedom of expression and human rights, and [expressed] their commitment to fighting terrorism and violent extremism”, – the report said.
The leaders also discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and stressed the importance of diplomatic settlement of the conflict. In addition, Trudeau and Macron touched on the Coronavirus pandemic and discussed Canadian-French relations.
On 16 October, an 18-year-old terrorist on the outskirts of Paris killed a schoolteacher who had previously shown his students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by Charlie Hebdo magazine five years earlier. On 29 October, a Tunisian man armed with a knife attacked parishioners at Notre Dame Cathedral in the centre of Nice. According to the latest figures, three people were killed in the attack and the attacker was detained. Shortly after the Nice incident, cold gun attacks also occurred in Avignon and at the French Consulate in Jeddah.