The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the French Ambassador to Baku, Zakari Gross, and conveyed its protest regarding the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Paris by a group of Armenians. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that "the French ambassador to Azerbaijan, Zakari Gross, was summoned to the ministry on September 19, 2022, where he received a note of protest concerning the attack by Armenian extremists on the Azerbaijani embassy in France." Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov informed the French ambassador that the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Paris represents "a flagrant violation of French laws and applicable international law." The Foreign Ministry expressed its protest to the French ambassador regarding the incident, noting that French security forces failed to protect the embassy.