Two employees of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris were declared persona non grata RIA NewsReferring to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It was noted that this was a response to Baku’s similar step towards French diplomats.
The statement said, “France takes into consideration Azerbaijan’s decision to declare two members of the diplomatic staff of the French Embassy in Azerbaijan as persona non grata.”
The publication says that Paris categorically denies claims that Azerbaijan justified its decision.
26 December Azerbaijan’s leadership announced Two employees of the French Embassy in Baku were declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country within two days.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in November statedHe said that France encouraged and armed separatists in Armenia, thus paving the way for the start of a new war in the South Caucasus.
Previously in Azerbaijan in the name France should not provoke Armenia into a new war.