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Azerbaijani ambassador to France  Leyla Abdullayeva (L) and the French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Boillon (R). Images via social media
Azerbaijan

French and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry issue tit for tat summons of ambassadors

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s opening speech at the COP29 climate change conference criticising European neo-colonialism has led to a micro diplomatic scuffle between France and Azerbaijan.  On Tuesday, the French Foreign Ministry issued a summons to Leyla Abdullayeva, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to France, over comments that President Ilham Aliyev made during a speech at COP29 the previous week.  The French Foreign Ministry called the comments ‘unacceptable’ and said that ‘Azerbaijan’

The European Parliament. Photo: Dato Parulava/OC Media.
Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict

EU Parliament calls for sanctions against Azerbaijani officials

The EU Parliament has called on the EU to end its gas dependency on Baku, and for the imposition of sanctions against Azerbaijani officials over human rights violations in the country, and individuals who threaten Armenia In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs cited ‘worrying reports’ of Russian gas being rebranded as Azerbaijani for export to the EU, thereby bypassing Western sanctions.  They also noted Azerbaijan’s deepening ties with Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2

Veylma Falaeo, President of the Congress of New Caledonia. Image via La Première.
Azerbaijan

New Caledonia annuls cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan

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The newly elected president of the New Caledonian Congress, Veylma Falaeo, has officially declared a cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan ‘null and void’. Speaking to local media on 14 October, Falaeo announced she had annulled the memorandum signed in Baku on 18 April between a Congress member of New Caledonia’s pro-independence Union Calédonienne party, Omayra Naisseline, and the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Sahiba Gafarova. New Caledonia is a French territory in the South Pa

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