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AZERBAIJAN ANNOUNCES EXPULSION OF TWO FRENCH DIPLOMATS
Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that two French diplomats had been ordered to leave over actions “incompatible with their diplomatic status”.
The ministry said in a statement it had summoned French ambassador Anne Boillon to express a “strong protest over the actions of two employees of the French Embassy”.
Without providing further details, it said the two had been declared personae non gratae and ordered to leave the country within 48 hours.
The move came amid tense relations between the countries as Baku has accused France of being biased towards Armenia during European-mediated peace talks with its arch-foe. — AFP