France Should Apologize, Says Aliyev

France, with its false position as a defender of human rights and international law, continues to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. This was stated by Azerbaijani autocrat Ilham Aliyev during a meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement.

According to him, the recent withdrawal of French troops from Mali and Burkina Faso once again demonstrated that France's neocolonial policies in Africa are doomed to failure. Aliyev noted that, unfortunately, France is attempting to impose the same flawed policies in the South Caucasus by supporting Armenian separatism in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region and utilizing geopolitical competition, foreign military presence, and colonial Orientalist policies.

Additionally, the head of state mentioned that France should apologize for its colonial past and bloody colonial crimes.