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Azerbaijan declares two French embassy staffers persona non grata

Two staff members of the French embassy in Azerbaijan have been declared persona non grata, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend. French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Boillon was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan on December 26, 2023. The ambassador was informed that two employees of the French Embassy were declared persona non grata by the Azerbaijani government in connection with activities not corresponding to the diplomatic status and contrary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, and these persons should leave the territory of Azerbaijan within 48 hours. The ambassador was handed a corresponding note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Source: Trend News Agency