Azerbaijan declared two French diplomats "persona non grata" The Azerbaijani

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Azerbaijan declared two French diplomats "persona non grata" The Azerbaijani

Foreign Ministry declared two employees of the French Embassy persona non grata for their "behavior incompatible with their diplomatic status"

Two employees of the French Embassy in Baku were declared persona non grata on the grounds that they were engaged in activities incompatible with their diplomatic status and were asked to leave the country within 48 hours.

The press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement:

On December 26, French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Baudon was summoned to the Foreign Ministry. It was brought to the attention of the French Ambassador that two employees of the French Embassy were declared persona non grata by the Government of Azerbaijan in connection with their activities violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and demanded that they leave the territory of Azerbaijan within 48 hours.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has asked two embassy employees, whom it has declared "persona non grata", to leave the country within 48 hours.