Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani state media claims Baku secured Interpol red notice for former Macron aide
Alexandre Benalla, a former aide to French President Emmanuel Macron, has been in legal trouble numerous times since 2018.
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Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict
Azerbaijani pro-government media claims Armenia will launch war against Azerbaijan in April
Caliber claimed, citing ‘trusted sources’, that the ‘region is on the brink of another war, likely provoked by Armenia’.
Azerbaijan
Aliyev threatens to destroy ‘Armenian fascism’
In a lengthy interview with Azerbaijani media, Aliyev criticised Armenia’s armament and its ‘obstruction’ of the ‘Zangezur corridor’.
Azerbaijan
French and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry issue tit for tat summons of ambassadors
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’
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
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New Caledonia annuls cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan
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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Azerbaijan sentences French national to three years in prison for spray painting train
Azerbaijan has sentenced a French citizen to three years in prison for spray painting a Baku metro car, as diplomatic relations between Baku and Paris remain tense. On 10 September, the Narimanov District Court in Baku sentenced Théo Clerc to three years in prison for painting the train carriage at the Baku metro depot. Australian citizen Paul Han and New Zealand citizen Ismael De-Saint Quentin were fined ₼6,800 ($4,000) each for the same charge. The harsh sentencing of Clerc compared to
