Growing tensions between Moscow and Baku: Russian ambassador summoned to Azerbaijani MFA

ArmInfo. Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Evdokimov was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

According to Azerbaijani media, citing the country's Foreign  Ministry, during the meeting "bewilderment was expressed regarding  publications in the Russian press and statements by some officials,  which, in the opinion of the Azerbaijani side, contradict the spirit  of allied relations."

"It was reported that the preliminary results of the investigation  into the AZAL plane crash are already known, and Azerbaijan's  expectations in connection with the incident have been clearly  communicated to the Russian side.

It was noted that the information published in the local press about  the "Russian House" does not reflect the official position, and that  the activities of such organizations must comply with the principle  of reciprocity and the country's legislation," Azerbaijani sources  cite the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

On January 27, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation  Rahman Mustafayev was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

As reported by the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry,  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail  Galuzin emphasized the absolute importance of building relations  between Russia and Azerbaijan in the spirit of strategic partnership  and alliance on the basis of the Declaration signed at the highest  level on February 22, 2022 in the national interests of both states.

"In this regard, bewilderment was expressed over a series of recent  anti-Russian publications in the Azerbaijani media, as well as in  relation to the disinformation campaign against the Russian House in  Baku. The absolute groundlessness of the accusations made was noted.

When discussing the topic of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines  plane on December 25, 2024 near Aktau in Kazakhstan, the need to  complete the official investigation and publish its results in order  to clarify all the circumstances of the tragedy was emphasized," the  Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, a report went viral on social networks in which the  Azerbaijani channel Baku TV claimed that espionage activities aimed  against the "statehood of Azerbaijan" were allegedly being carried  out in the "Russian House" in Baku.