ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reacted to the statements of the Iranian Foreign Minister about Baku in an interview with a local TV channel and stressed that they do not accept statements about the presence of any forces near the border of Azerbaijan with Iran, about the inflammatory attempts of these forces.
Thus, Leyla Abdullayeva, head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, agreed with Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahiyan that relations between the two countries are at the highest level.
At the same time, she expressed regret in connection with the harsh assessments of Iran, noting that there were no such assessments when these territories were under the control of Nagorno-Karabakh.
At the same time, she assured that Azerbaijan declared its readiness to normalize relations with Armenia on the basis of fundamental principles of international law and begin negotiations on the delimitation of borders. "The delimitation of the borders between Azerbaijan and Armenia is a bilateral issue and the fact that recently the opposite side has been giving positive signals in this regard allows us to hope for a constructive development of the process.
As for the intervention of external forces in Azerbaijan, I would like to emphasize that the Republic of Azerbaijan has always pursued an independent foreign policy and has repeatedly proved this with concrete steps over the course of 30 years. The development of friendly and good-neighborly relations with neighboring countries is one of the main priorities of our foreign policy and we are constantly taking steps in this direction. "
To recall, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Saturday, commenting on the military exercises on the border with Azerbaijan, said that Tehran will never tolerate the presence of a false Zionist regime and its provocative actions near the border with the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as geopolitical changes in the region and its borders. "We also announced this to the Azerbaijani authorities through our diplomatic channels," the Iranian Foreign Minister noted. -