"During the war, France's political aggression was beyond all limits." Aliev

Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, accused France of "political hypocrisy".

"France is a country that bans the Corsican language (the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean, one of France's 27 territories with a special status), which violently suppresses the Corsican self-determination movement. They advocate the "self-determination" of Armenians in Karabakh. How can this be?" Aliyev said in an interview with the Chinese "ChinaMediaGroup" media corporation.

"During the war, when their political aggression was beyond all limits, I said that if they want to have the "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" somewhere, they can have it in their territory. For example, in the vicinity of Marseille, where many Armenians live. Let them declare "the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh" there, we will recognize it too. This country still continues its colonial policy. Look at the island of Mayotte, which is a French colony. And they talk about human rights. This is only political hypocrisy," Aliyev said.