Azerbaijan Rejects Reports It Pressured France over Billionaire's EU Sanctions
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Foreign Ministry spokesman says Baku 'firmly' condemns, rejects statements by French counterpart, calls on Paris to refrain from 'groundless, biased accusations'
Azerbaijan denied reports that it had put pressure on France to force Paris to seek the lifting of EU sanctions from Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov
Azerbaijan rejects reports it pressured France over billionaire's EU sanctions
BAKU/PARIS, Sept 18 - A senior Azerbaijani diplomat on Friday rejected allegations that Baku had pressured France to lobby for the removal of Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov from the European Union's sanctions list, calling the claims \"categorically unfounded\". Read more at straitstimes.com.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hajizadeh, condemned France's attempt to justify its travel warning against the country by citing "the risk of arbitrary detention and unfair trials."
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ayhan Hajizadeh stated that they condemn and reject the attempts by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs spokesperson to justify the travel warning against Azerbaijan with claims of "risk of arbitrary detention and unfair trial."
The statement by the spokesperson for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MFA) dated September 17 strongly condemns and rejects the attempt to justify the travel warning to Azerbaijan with allegations of "risk of arbitrary detention and unfair trial."
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