On the eve, the information was spread that the presidential candidate, the head of the Paris region Il-de-France Valerie Pekress, who was in Armenia, visited Karabakh and held a number of meetings.
In connection with which the temporary attorney in the affairs of France in Azerbaijan was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was awarded a note of protest.
In a statement of the foreign policy agency, it is noted that on December 22, 2021, the head of the French region Il-Du-France, the candidate from the Republican party on the upcoming presidential elections of Valerie Pekress, who was an illegal visit to the city of Hankendi of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
“This visit conducted in the framework of the election campaign accompanied by other French politicians, aimed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and is a violation of the national legislation of the country,” the statement says.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the decisive protest of the French Embassy in connection with an illegal visit and reminds that French citizens who violate the requirements of the relevant laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan are responsible in accordance with Azerbaijan National Legislation.
It was brought to the attention of the opposite side that this step of a group of politicians from France makes serious damage to Azerbaijani-French bilateral relations, as well as damage to the authority of France in the region and the role that Paris can play in the normalization of Azerbaijani-Armenian relations after the end of the conflict .
Also, it is noted that the names of French citizens who illegally visited the Azerbaijani territories are included in the list of persons, entry into Azerbaijan is undesirable, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reports.