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Paris-Baku tensions raised in Elysée meeting with Tel Aviv

The French president's chief of staff Fabien Mandon welcomed an Israeli diplomatic and military delegation to the Élysée Palace in Paris last week.
The French president's chief of staff Fabien Mandon welcomed an Israeli diplomatic and military delegation to the Élysée Palace in Paris last week. © Thomas Padilla/MaxPPP

An Israeli delegation was in Paris last week where it hoped to secure French support over Turkey's rising influence in the Middle East, in exchange for which Tel Aviv would act as mediator in the crisis between Paris and Baku.

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Secret French foreign ministry list targets Algerian officials

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (right) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (left) at Houari Boumediene international airport in Algiers on 27 August 2022.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (right) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (left) at Houari Boumediene international airport in Algiers on 27 August 2022. © Algerian Presidency Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

According to Intelligence Online sources, the French government in February drew up a list of 800 members of the Algerian nomenklatura who must now provide supporting documents on arrival in France.

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