Azerbaijan slams ‘threats’ from France after Paris remembers ambassador | EUROtoday

Issued on: 17/04/2024 – 11:38

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Azerbaijan has slammed France on a number of events over what it sees because the nation’s help for rival Armenia in a long-running stand-off between the neighbours.

“The Azerbaijani side has repeatedly stated to France that speaking in a language of threat and pressure will not bring any results, and once again declares that it will take all necessary measures to protect its national interests,” Aykhan Hajizada, Azerbaijan’s overseas ministry spokesperson, stated in an announcement.

French President Emmanuel Macron recalled ambassador Anne Boillon to Paris to debate ties with Azerbaijan, the overseas ministry in Paris stated Tuesday.

The Azerbaijan authorities has rejected France enjoying a task in mediating talks with Armenia over an elusive peace deal between the 2 ex-Soviet international locations.

It has additionally criticised arms offers between France and Armenia.

Hajizada stated that France had taken “open and explicit anti-Azerbaijan actions” and launched a “smear campaign” that had thwarted “the efforts to normalise relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.”

Macron has voiced issues that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s territorial ambitions lengthen past the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory, which his forces seized final 12 months in a lightning offensive.

(AFP)