AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER REACTS TO THE IRAN OFFICIALS’ STATEMENTS

APA
June 3 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku. Lachin Sultanova -APA. "We will not allow any country to
interfere in our internal affairs", said Azerbaijan Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadyarov reacting to the Iran officials’ recent statements
on Azerbaijan.

"Azerbaijan doesn’t interfere in the internal affairs of other
countries. Our foreign policy is based on the national interests
of Azerbaijan. The statements of Iranian defense officials cause
a question. We don’t’ discuss the visits of Armenian leaders,
high-ranking officials to Iran. We don’t’ interfere in the internal
affairs of any country and we will not allow any country to interfere
in our internal affairs".

The minister expressed opinion on the Iranian oil industry minister
Golam Hoseyn Nozari’s statement on Alov field. "Former president Heydar
Aliyev reached agreement with Iran on this issue in that time that this
field would not be developed until the final delimitation. Azerbaijan
is advocating for the soonest adoption of the Caspian legal status
convention".