Azerbaijani President Gaidar Aliev's December visit to France, where he met with President Francois Mitterand, French policy makers and oil company executives, spawned a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance, similar to the single signed by Mitterand and Armenian President Levon Ter Petrossian last March.
During a solemnity at the Elysée following the signing of the treaty, Mitterand called relating to both Azerbaijan and Armenia to demonstrate goodwill toward a solution to the Karabakh conflict. During his meeting with Mitterand, Aliev
