In particular, he spoke out against recent French arms sales to Armenia.
Adviser to the President of Azerbaijan Foreign Policy Affairs Hikmet Hajiyev is accused of online campaigns aimed at the remote overseas territories of France and its metropolis.
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Noted Hajiyev has spoken out against recent French arms sales to Armenia, which Azerbaijani leaders say raise the risk of further conflict between the two longtime enemies as they seek a peace deal to end more than 35 years of conflict.
Among the French systems purchased by Yerevan are self-propelled howitzers and air defense systems.
“One of the main problems is France's program of militarization of Armenia”, Hajiyev said, discussing the influence and participation of Western states in the ongoing peace negotiations with Armenia .
“We also call on France to refrain from the policy of seeking geopolitical confrontation or building new lines of demarcation in our region,” the message said.
Baku has been accused of responding to unrest in France's Pacific overseas territory of New Caledonia, where a deadly wave of separatist violence prompted President Emmanuel Macron to declare a state of emergency and deploy more troops.
“When it comes to issues of New Caledonia, it has nothing to do with Azerbaijan”, Hajiyev said, answering a question about the alleged role Baku.
“We would ask the French side to look at the essence and root causes of this problem instead of blaming other countries”, the message states.
Azerbaijan has also been accused of seeking to undermine the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris by using social media accounts to spread false information and portray French authorities as unable to successfully host the event.
Hajiyev said Baku was not involved and suggested that online criticism of France was “freedom of expression and we respect that.”
Note that more than 500 thousand NATO troops have been on high alert since 2014.
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