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He is the last French hostage worldwide still being held.
The 50-year-old was kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on November 24, 2011, along with Philippe Verdon who was found shot dead last July.
He was accompanying Verdon on a business trip when they were seized by a armed men at a small hotel in Hombori, in the north, according to his relatives.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his government continues to work to secure the release of Lazarevic.
"We are working while trying to be most efficient but also most discrete," he told Public Senat television.
AQIM was behind the killing of two French journalists in November.
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The 50-year-old was kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on November 24, 2011, along with Philippe Verdon who was found shot dead last July.
He was accompanying Verdon on a business trip when they were seized by a armed men at a small hotel in Hombori, in the north, according to his relatives.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his government continues to work to secure the release of Lazarevic.
"We are working while trying to be most efficient but also most discrete," he told Public Senat television.
AQIM was behind the killing of two French journalists in November.
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