Azerbaijan's President ​Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday pardoned a ​French national imprisoned for espionage a day ​after ‌the ⁠EU ...

The move comes after the EU lifts sanctions on oligarchs following what diplomats described as pressure from Baku.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national imprisoned for espionage on Wednesday, a day after the EU ...

Azerbaijan's authoritarian President Ilham Aliyev has ordered the pardon of a French citizen as well as 19 other convicted Azerbaijanis and foreign nationals. They will be exempted from serving the ...

By John Irish UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - France on Wednesday welcomed Azerbaijan's pardon of French citizen Martin Ryan as a humanitarian gesture that would pave the way for improved ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree pardoning French businessman Martin Ryan and 19 other people. In March, a ...

Martin Ryan is pardoned months after he was jailed on charges of spying, but a second Frenchman remains in prison.

The European Union has removed Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list as part of a ...

Under pressure from Azerbaijan, which has detained two French businessmen, Paris has struck a deal to secure their release in ...

Ambassadors held three meetings on Monday and two more on Tuesday as the clock ticked toward the legal collapse of Russia sanctions due to a French veto.

European diplomats told Reuters ⁠that Paris had indicated privately that Baku was using the Usmanov case as leverage in discussions over two French citizens held in Azerbaijan, one of whom Paris has ...