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“Azerbaijan pursues an independent policy and builds relations with neighbors on this basis and let no one interfere in our internal affairs,” President Ilham Aliyev made this statement in the city of Jebrail on Monday.

“With which country and at what level we build relationships – it’s our own business. We do not put forward claims against countries that are close friends with Armenia. This may offend us, especially if it is a neighboring country, but we do not express this,” Aliyev said.

“We demand respect for our sovereign rights and non-interference in our internal affairs. The accusations against us must be officially proven. Let them come and find a foreigner here,” the head of state said.

“We will not accept unfounded accusations against us. I say this here – in Jabrayil, on the banks of the Araz River, to the Azerbaijani people and the whole world – unfounded accusations against us will not remain unanswered,” Aliyev continued.