The Azerbaijani ambassador to France has at the last moment refused to take part in a debate with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau member Murad Papazian.

Papazian disseminated an announcement, noting that on Thursday evening a debate was to be held on France24 TV channel, but the station informed him that the Azerbaijani ambassador had refused to take part in it. “Having refused to participate in the debate, the Azerbaijani ambassador shows that he is afraid. I greatly condemn this coward step at the moment when the Azerbaijani army continues to violate the ceasefire,” he said.