This year, the number of visa applications to the embassy of France in Azerbaijan has increased again, French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Boillon wrote—in Azerbaijani—on social media.

"Where does the mysterious attraction of failed states come from?" the French diplomat added on X—and in response to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev's hostile remarks.

Aliyev recently stated that President Emmanuel Macron's policy was turning France into a “failed state.”