In response to the summoning of the Azerbaijani ambassador to France to the latter’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, the French ambassador to Azerbaijan was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan Wednesday.

During the meeting, objection to France's “targeting” of the Azerbaijani presidency on the eve of and during the 29th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) was expressed, the MFA of Azerbaijan told APA.

"In this regard, it was emphasized that the calls for a boycott of this prestigious UN event, which Azerbaijan was hosting, France’s encouragement of several Heads of States to refrain from attending the event, as well as adoption of a resolution that unfairly criticized the presidency and our global efforts to combat climate change in general by the European Parliament with France's particular efforts at the beginning of the COP29 are unacceptable. Furthermore, it was brought to the attention that the actions of France, which conducts Armenia's massive arms supply and promotes militarism and revanchism undermine the peace process. France was vehemently demanded to put an end to the actions targeting Azerbaijan and jeopardizing the normalization process," the statement reads.

It should be noted that Azerbaijan does not consider its own actions offensive to France, nor does it consider that its actions "jeopardize the normalization process."

Various accusations are made against France every day in Azerbaijan, conferences are held which are clearly directed against France, and the military budget of Azerbaijan has recorded a multiple increase.