STORY – Three French nationals are being arbitrarily detained in Baku, where French Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher, expected to attend COP29, has decided not to travel against a backdrop of heightened diplomatic tensions.
“These two weeks are crucial for Théo. We’re going to do everything we can. If it goes well, it’s a good sign, if it doesn’t…”. Charlie Clerc was interviewed by Le Figaro the day after the opening of the COP29launched on Monday in Azerbaijan. His brother, Théo Clerc, is one of three Frenchmen involved in legal proceedings in Azerbaijan, against a backdrop of tensions between Paris and Baku. Thus he received with bitterness the backpedal from the French Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacherwho has renounced to go to the summit climate summit. Azeri president’s speech Ilham Aliev the previous day did not go down well. The autocrat denounced the colonial history of France and the “crimes” from “President Macron’s regime” in its overseas territories.
Théo’s family were counting on the spotlight of COP29 to step up the pressure on the Azeri authorities in favor of the detainee. The 38-year-old artist was arrested…
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