France Ambassador Zakari Gross today was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. At the meeting, the diplomat was awarded a note of protest in connection with the next act of vandalism committed by radical Armenian groups in France on the Azerbaijani embassy on October 1, the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said.
The meeting noted that recently the number of attacks made by radical Armenian groups living in France for diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan in this country.
increased.
The following was brought to the attention of the following such an attack on the night of October 1, 2022, when a group of radical Armenians doused the administrative building of the embassy with red paint and wrote offensive words to Azerbaijan.
on the building.
It was emphasized that the specified incident occurred as a result of the non -rejection by the France government of the necessary security measures against the background of the repeated requirements of the Azerbaijani side to the authorized structures of France to ensure the protection of the embassy of Azerbaijan and its employees.
It was stated that the inability of the French government as an accepting state to ensure the security of Azerbaijan’s diplomatic missions is considered a proper level as failure to fulfill the obligations arising from the 1961 Vienna Convention.
to the attention of the ambassador, a demand for the competent bodies of France regarding the proper organization of the safety of the diplomatic departments of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani Cultural Center, the care of the care of violence and prosecution of guilty ones, the elimination of damage caused by the administrative building of the embassy, and ensuring the payment corresponding compensation.
GROSS, in turn, said that the incident against the Azerbaijan Embassy is regretted, noting that he would transfer the requirements of the Azerbaijani side to the competent authorities of France.