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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’

Protesters demonstrate against legislation limiting free press in front of Azerbaijan's parliament. Image via Aziz Karimov
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani journalists denied accreditation, prevented from interviewing Aliyevs at COP29

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The Azerbaijani independent media outlet Meydan TV has said their journalists were denied accreditation to cover the COP29 climate summit, while an RFE/RL journalist was reportedly attacked for trying to get an interview with President Ilham Aliyev’s daughter. The UN climate change conference kicked off in Baku on Monday, and the country was immediately flooded with reporters from around the world.  Ayan Najaf, a member of the Coordination Council of the COP29 Operations Company, said tha

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia. Photo: primeminister.am.
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Aliyev signs joint border demarcation regulation following BRICS meeting with Pashinyan

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have instructed their foreign ministers to finalise a peace deal ‘in the shortest possible period’, after a meeting in Russia. The following day, Aliyev signed a regulation that would allow the demarcation process with Armenia to move forward. Pashinyan and Aliyev met on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in a meeting that reportedly lasted over an hour. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and A

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