"One of the purposes of Armenia's provocations was to threaten the oil and gas pipelines and create the impression that the East-West Transport Corridor was not safe," said Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Issues Department of the Administration Hikmat Hajiyev at a press conference held today, APA reports.
Hajiyev said that Armenia failed to achieve these goals.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Leyla Abdullayeva said that in a statement issued today by the European Parliament's Conservative and Reformist Party that the incident was aimed at damaging the energy corridor.