"Well, we are basing our policy on those politicians who have been elected by the people of Iran and have a mandate to implement their duties. And this is the president. There have been certain voices of some former officials, who are now named as advisors. I don't know what kind of advice they give. Immediately, that reaction was very…," said Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in his interview with Al Arabiya TV channel, APA reports.
"So this position is not important to us at all. It has zero importance because our interstate relations are between the governments, between the presidents, and between the foreign ministers. Therefore, we totally ignore these false narratives, which have been articulated by so-called advisors. For us, everything is clear. The position of the president is absolutely reasonable and is based on the fact that the Zangezur Corridor is not in any way a threat to Iran. There have been a lot of rumors in some media and on some internet sites that Azerbaijan is planning to occupy Zangezur, or that Azerbaijan is planning to cut the Iranian-Armenian border. That was absolutely false. We had no such intention. Again, if we wanted to do it, we would have done it in November 2020. It was very easy to do, and throughout all these five years, it was very easy to do. It's only 40 kilometers. From a military point of view, it would not take much time. From both sides — from Nakhchivan and from the mainland — you could take it," the head of state noted.
