BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 27. Provocative behavior has been demonstrated against Azerbaijan at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, TurkicWorld reports.
According to the information, during the live broadcast of the opening ceremony on the French TV channel "France 2," the presenters voiced provocative statements against Azerbaijani athletes.
Thus, while the Armenian delegation was parading the teams, one of the presenters on the TV channel stated about "friendship with Armenians", that "Armenia is a country historically close to the heart of the French". However, when the Azerbaijani team passed over, the anchor voiced provocative thoughts, presenting Azerbaijan as "a Caucasian republic in conflict with Armenia on the territorial issue".
These biased statements caused fair discontent in Azerbaijan.
The live broadcast on the French TV channel "France 2" became a platform for biased statements. These actions violate the basic principle of the Olympic Games - the principle of neutrality and irrelevance to political and geopolitical issues.
These manifestations of bias and political intervention at international sporting events once again bring into focus the question of France's reputation as an organizer of global events and its willingness to respect the principles of fairness and neutrality.
In response to this incident, one can expect an expression of an official position from Baku.
