Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev lashed out on Wednesday at the "crimes" of France in its overseas territories like New Caledonia, in the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries.

President Ilham Aliyev alleged that France's handling of protests in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, in May, constituted 'crimes' and 'human rights violations.' France has previously accused Azerbaijan of foreign interference in the island's protests.

Azerbaijan’s president blamed Emmanuel Macron’s government for deadly violence in New Caledonia earlier this year.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13. France’s Green Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher will reportedly not attend the COP29 summit in Baku, after sharp remarks from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who highlighted France's "hypocrisy" on international issues, Trend reports.

France's Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will stay away from the Cop29 global climate change conference in Baku after 'unacceptable' attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev. France will stay away from the climate talks taking place in the Azeri capital after Ilham Aliyev accused Paris of crimes and human rights violations in overseas territories including New Caledonia in the South Pacific,

France's ecology minister pulled out of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan Wednesday after its authoritarian leader accused France of colonialist "crimes" in New Caledonia, in the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries. President Ilham Aliyev ...