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Azerbaijan, France
Baku holding cards in diplomatic game with Paris, Frenchman still in prison

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French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, in Copenhagen, on 2 October 2025.
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, in Copenhagen, on 2 October 2025. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

President Ilham Aliyev decided not to pardon a Frenchman convicted of spying on the occasion of Azerbiajan's national day. His case has become entangled in a web of political manoeuvring and bilateral demands.

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