French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Baron accused Azerbaijan of organizing protests in New Caledonia. "We accuse the Azerbaijani group, which, in our opinion, is engaged in organizing actions in New Caledonia aimed at encouraging protests and spreading controversial constitutional projects," he emphasized, media reports. As the Azerbaijani mass media reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan rejected those accusations, noting that they "testify that the French side is still unable to abandon confrontational rhetoric." Moreover, Baku, in turn, accused Paris of "ignoring the will of the local population".