France Suspicious Of Espionage: Journalists Not Allowed To Olympics


(MENAFN- AzerNews) "We refused to give accreditation to journalists mainly from Russia and Belarus."

As reported by İdman , this was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Gerald Darmanin.

According to him, they returned about 100 applications due to the threat of espionage:

"A total of about a hundred journalists were refused because they could be spies and informants for foreign countries. Among them, there were more applications from Russia and Belarus. I don't want to make the list public. We have a large number of journalists whom we did not allow to cover the Olympics."

It should be noted that the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games will start on July 26.

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