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Spotlight | Azerbaijan, France
DGSE Baku post taken down by State Security Service

The French Embassy in Baku. © Thomson Reuters 2012

Diplomatic tensions between Azerbaijan and France are intensifying. Their intelligence services have already started trading blows, with Baku getting in first by expelling two French diplomats between Christmas and the New Year, effectively dismantling the local DGSE post. [...]

Published on 11.01.2024 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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