“It has been repeatedly stated to the Iranian side, especially after the clashes that occurred last year, that Azerbaijani territory will not be used against any neighboring state.”
“Elchi” reports that President Ilham Aliyev said these words at a meeting of the Security Council.
“We will not allow this, just as we have never allowed it until today. It is true that in the summer months of last year and in the period thereafter, baseless accusations were made against us from Iran. Media resources controlled by Iranian state institutions were conducting a dirty, slanderous campaign against Azerbaijan to tarnish Azerbaijan and change the minds of our compatriots living in Iran. Because they know very well that today the independent state of Azerbaijan is also a place of hope for many Azerbaijanis living in Iran,” the head of state declared.