Iranian ambassador to Baku summoned to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - Azerbaijan on Monday said it summoned Iran’s Ambassador to Baku Seyed Abbas Mousavi, in reaction to a diplomatic note from Tehran addressed to the country’s Foreign Ministry.

“Emphasizing that what was mentioned in the note of the Iranian side about the Azerbaijani media does not reflect objectivity, a reply note was presented to the Iranian side, as well as a list of a number of articles published in the Iranian media against Azerbaijan,” read a statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada.

Hajizada said the Iranian note was received by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry earlier in the day.

He also said Mousavi was told that “insulting, false, slanderous, and biased information” about Azerbaijan, its government officials, as well as “untruthful statements and speeches of well-known social and political figures of Iran” are damaging bilateral relations and causing misunderstandings.

“In addition, it was noted that the misunderstandings that arose in the period of relations between our countries are always caused by the unilateral actions and actions of the Iranian side, and the consistent and well-intentioned steps of the Azerbaijani side are not adequately reciprocated by Iran,” Hajizada noted.

He added that the need to take urgent measures in preventing the spread of “false and biased information” against Azerbaijan in the Iranian media was emphasized during the meeting.​​​​​​​