BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 10. The daddy of
Frenchman Martin Ryan, who was arrested in Azerbaijan on suspicion
of espionage, has revealed that his son was concerned in
espionage.
In an interview with the AFP information company, Martin’s father,
Richard, let slip that in a telephone dialog together with his son,
Martin observed a hyperlink between his case and the diplomatic rigidity
between France and Azerbaijan.
”In the future he advised me: they needed to make use of me as a pawn,” defined
Richard Ryan, highlighting that his son ”hinted at two exiled
diplomats, pondering they may get away with it”.
The query arises: how might French intelligence officers, who
have been expelled for espionage and had diplomatic immunity, need to
use Martin Ryan ”as a pawn”?
Azerbaijani authorities arrested Martin Ryan on espionage
prices on December 4, 2023. The CEO of the Baku-based firm
Merkorama LLC Martin Ryan was manipulated by the French agent of
the 2nd DGSE (Normal Directorate for Exterior Safety), who
engaged him in secret cooperation and was subsequently expelled
from Baku.
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to France Leyla Abdullayeva revealed
that judicial authorities ordered his detention for a interval of
4 months, including that the French Embassy in Baku was instantly
notified of the arrest.
Investigations and arrests carried out by the State Safety
Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan in early December 2023
resulted within the publicity in Azerbaijan of an intensive community of
brokers of French intelligence companies.
Dozens of French spies have been recognized in a brief interval, some
of whom had been working in Azerbaijan at one level or one other,
and a few of whom continued to work undercover in varied nations
and respected worldwide organizations.