BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 6
Trend:
The smear campaign against Azerbaijan does not stop for a minute or a second, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his interview to TRT Haber (News) TV channel, Trend reports.
“There are several reasons for this. First, the Armenian lobby constantly acts against us. Attempts to slander Azerbaijan, tarnish us, and sully our image never stop. There are Armenian lobbies in many countries of the world. This is no secret for anyone. They systematically and regularly attack us. They make up utter lies and slander. During this conflict, the Armenian lobby naturally mobilized all its forces and made efforts for a new smear campaign against us. But we are not worried about this,” the head of state said.
“I told them to provide evidence, proof, and facts. I also told the President of France – he called me twice – to provide facts. Eight days have passed since 27 September. Macron says that they allegedly have intelligence. I asked him to share it with us. Where is this intelligence? It is not there and cannot be,” the head of state said.
Commenting on external forces in Armenia, the Azerbaijani president said that we do have such data, and they are justified.
“We are now verifying them. As a very responsible state, we do not mention that in our official statements. Of course, such information is available in the media, to politicians and political scientists. But we have to confirm this. From the very beginning, we had intelligence that terrorists had been brought to Nagorno-Karabakh. They are being stationed and trained here. Terrorist groups such as PKK. There was a lot of information about this. A few years ago, we raised this issue on international platforms. They are being trained and it is not ruled out that this is still the case. I will simply talk about it after I have 100-percent facts in my hands. Today the probability is very high. But unlike Armenia and some other countries, we do not provide information that has not been confirmed by 100 percent,” the head of state said.