Eric Zemmour’s visit was largely unnoticed in Armenia, but French Armenians accused him of trying to use the country’s conflicts for his own Islamophobic purposes.
The International Court of Justice declined, however, to order more concrete measures related to Armenian prisoners and maps of land mines in Azerbaijan.
In his first public appearance following his surprise return to the country, arrest, and hunger strike, the ex-president brushed off the charges against him and issued an expansive defense of his time in power.