Azerbaijan, Baku, June 14 / Trend, E. Mehdiyev /
Cinematographer Rustam Ibrahimbeyov will not come to Azerbaijan, chairman of the opposition Citizens and Development Party Ali Aliyev said today.
Ibrahimbeyov fears arrest because he actually declared himself persona non grata in Azerbaijan due to his actions, he told Trend today.
"Second, the project's authors are more interested in the fact that the candidate was a political figure, rather than Rustam Ibrahimbeyov's candidacy," he said.
Rustam Ibrahimbeyov is acting on instruction, his instructors will advise him to nominate another candidate, Aliyev said.
"In this regard, I think that Ibrahimbeyov will not return to Azerbaijan anytime soon," he said. "The information on his arrival was spread deliberately."
The party chairman wants to rival Ibrahimbeyov in the presidential elections.
"I would like him to come to Azerbaijan and become our rival in the elections," he said. "I would like him not introduce himself as a hero by his non-arrival."