The Ministry of Foreign Affairs specifies that this recall was decided due to “unilateral actions damaging to the relationship” between France and Azerbaijan.
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One more step as relations between France and Azerbaijan have deteriorated in recent months. Paris recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan, “for consultation”, “due to the pursuit over the past few months”through this country,“unilateral actions damaging to the relationship” with Baku, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday April 16.
Emmanuel Macron “received our ambassador today on this issue. He regretted Azerbaijan’s actions and expressed the wish for clarification by the Azerbaijani side of its intentions”specifies the ministry press release released in the evening. “France reiterates its support for the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, while respecting international law and the territorial integrity of the two countries. This normalization will benefit both countries and the entire region “, continued the Quai d’Orsay in its press release.
Azerbaijani head of state Ilham Aliev criticizes Paris for supporting Armenia in the territorial conflict between Yerevan and Baku over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. For 30 years, Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet republics, have been in a territorial conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. In September, Baku launched a lightning offensive there which led to the capitulation of Armenian separatists.
