France’s cyber defense unit has unveiled a disinformation campaign emanating from Azerbaijan that aimed to undermine Paris’ capacity to hold next year’s Olympic Games, a report showed on Monday, Reuters reports.

According to the report, the campaign ran from July 26-27 on an account of an Azerbaijani individual on social media X, formerly Twitter, with links to the Azerbaijani presidential party.

“The investigations showed that at least one foreign actor close to Azerbaijan had acted, via the use of unauthentic processes, with the objective of harming at France’s reputation in its capacity to host the 2024 Olympic and paralympic Games,” France’s state service for Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference (Viginum) said in its report on the campaign.

Ties between Paris and Baku have been strained in recent months and have worsened since Baku took control of Nagorno-Karabakh.

A French diplomatic source said Paris had asked Baku for clarifications on the disinformation campaign. It would also be discussing the matter with X, formerly Twitter, in the coming days, the source added.