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Ambassador Abbasali Hasanov: â€œIran has not expressed official protest to me regarding the Israeli Presidentâ€™s visit to Azerbaijanâ€

02 July 2009 10:29 (UTC +04:00)

The ambassador said Iranian side had not expressed protest to him regarding the Israeli President Shimon Peresâ€™ visit to Azerbaijan. â€œThere is not a grain of truth in the Iranian newspapersâ€™ reports. The Azerbaijani ambassador was not invited to the foreign ministry of Iran and there were no any talks about thatâ€.

The diplomat said Iranâ€™s Sahar TV took preconceived position toward Azerbaijan: â€œIranian press didnâ€™t learn my opinion about these issues. Shahar TV never says truth about Azerbaijan. I didnâ€™t apologize to anyone. It is an inventionâ€.

Commenting on reports about recalling of Iranian ambassador Mohammad Baghir Bahrami from Azerbaijan due to the visit of Israeli president, Ambassador Hasanov said it is ordinary case that ambassadors are regularly recalled for some consultations. â€œThere is no problem in the Azerbaijan-Iran relations. Our relations are developing in running order. Only press is making a noise. There is no problem in the intergovernmental relationsâ€.

The Iranian newspapers said Ambassador Hasanov was invited to the Iranian foreign ministry to explain his strongly-worded thoughts about Iran in his interviews with Azerbaijani press and he apologized for his thoughts saying that it was made only to satisfy the Azerbaijani newspapers and had no official character.