His stay in Paris was also marked by the first ever visit by an Ottoman sultan to Western Europe, when Sultan Abdülaziz was invited to the Exposition Universelle (1867) by Emperor Napoleon III.
Persinggahannya di Paris juga menandai kunjungan pertama oleh seorang sultan Utsmaniyah ke Eropa Barat, ketika Sultan Abdülaziz diundang ke Exposition Universelle (1867) oleh Kaisar Napoleon III.