Daily Memo: France Calls Out Azerbaijan, Russian Peacekeepers Go Home

Moscow is pulling its forces from Nagorno-Karabakh.

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French blowback. France recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan for consultations after accusing Baku of taking “unilateral actions damaging to the relationship between our two countries.” A statement from the French Foreign Ministry said President Emmanuel Macron, who has been a vocal supporter of Azerbaijan’s adversary Armenia, would wait for clarifications from Baku about “its intentions.” […]

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