### [2026-09-23](/feed/2026/09/23/index.md)

##### Azerbaijan–France relations
# Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev pardons a French national who served a 10-year prison sentence for espionage, and orders his release as one of 20 pardoned prisoners. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwp84rrrymd0o)

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