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Azerbaijan's MFA spokesperson responds to France's Minister of Overseas Territories

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Aykhan Hajizada

28 February 2025 17:36 (UTC +04:00)

We firmly reject the views expressed by the French side, which, instead of learning from its failed foreign policy, is trying to divert public attention from the difficult situation it is in by accusing our country with unfounded allegations, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Aykhan Hajizada, said in response to the claims of France's Minister of Overseas Territories, Manuel Valls, APA reports.

Azerbaijan's policy based on international law and France's colonial past

"Although France unfairly blames Azerbaijan, which, unlike France, is guided by the fundamental norms and principles of international law in its foreign policy and in all its steps, everyone remembers this country’s undemocratic acts to continue its colonial past against different nations and peoples.

France's policy obstructing peace in the region

To see who is actually involved in “foreign intervention,” one just needs to look at France’s stance concerning the historical opportunities that emerged in the South Caucasus for peace and the attempts to incite another escalation in the region by equipping Armenia with weaponry."

France's hypocritical approach and distortion of facts

Accusations of “ethnic cleansing” by France against Azerbaijan against the backdrop of the fact that France was one of the co-chairs of the Minsk process while being responsible for the settlement of the former conflict, and this country has never condemned the displacement of about 1 million Azerbaijanis as a result of Armenia’s occupation policy, is quite strange, and claims that people who voluntarily left the Garabagh region of Azerbaijan are allegedly subjected to “ethnic cleansing” is nothing more than hypocrisy and distortion of facts in their own interests.

Azerbaijan demands France to stop the false campaign

We demand the French side to stop this unjustified fake campaign against our country.

Baseless nature of France's accusations

Note that on February 28, 2025, during his visit to New Caledonia, France's Minister of Overseas Territories Manuel Valls accused Azerbaijan of interfering in France's overseas territories and attempting to undermine stability, as well as alleging that our country carried out so-called "ethnic cleansing" in Karabakh.