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

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

Vidadi Isgandarli. Screengrab via Youtube.
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Exiled Azerbaijani activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies after stabbing in France

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Exiled Azerbaijani human rights activist Vidadi Isgandarli has died in hospital after being stabbed multiple times in his office in France. Isgandarli was attacked by three unknown persons in his office in Mulhouse, France on Sunday. After being stabbed with a knife multiple times, he was taken to a local hospital and placed in intensive care.  ‘His lungs and liver were injured, which was critical for his health. Most of the knife attacks hit his stomach’, Isgandarli’s brother, Ogtay Isga

Vidadi Isgandarli. Image via social media.
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Azerbaijani human rights activist stabbed at home in France

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An exiled Azerbaijani human rights defender has been stabbed at his home in Mulhouse, France. Vidadi Isgandarli was reportedly attacked in the early hours of Sunday. The news was shared on social media by Azerbaijani investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli. ‘Vidadi Isgandarli was attacked by three unknown persons who stabbed him. The situation is as serious as it sounds. He was stabbed more than four times’, Mukhtarli wrote on Facebook.  He added that Isgandarli was taken to a local

Graffiti on Baku Metro painted by Théo Clerc. Via social media.
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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

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