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Azerbaijan has always been interested in the development of relations with Iran on the basis of mutual respect and trust, and this is still the case today: Assistant to President

20 November 2022 20:30 (UTC +04:00)

"We got acquainted with the statement made by Ali Akbar Wilayat, adviser to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to the Iranian media," Assistant of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev told APA.

While answering the question of Agency on "Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Akbar Vilayati, made a statement about Azerbaijan-Iran relations, noted that our countries have a common historical heritage and traditions, called the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan "the light of our eyes", and in recent days, some have biasedly associated Iran with the Republic of Azerbaijan said that he spread rumors that he wanted to fight. How about that?” H. Hajiyev said: "We appreciate and value the remarks made by Ali Akbar Province about the common history, religious, cultural heritage, and traditions of our peoples and Azerbaijan-Iran relations as a whole.

With regret, we would like to note that in recent times, a number of statements by some officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, members of parliament and representatives of power structures have led to an increase in tension between the two countries. The Republic of Azerbaijan was not the initiator of this tension. In particular, I would like to state that the two military exercises conducted by the Iranian armed forces near the borders of Azerbaijan did not serve to strengthen the trust between our countries, on the contrary, it had a negative effect on this trust.

The Republic of Azerbaijan has always been interested in the development of relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of mutual respect and trust, and this is still the case today."