Azerbaijani official says WikiLeaks material is provocative

The WikiLeaks material is provocative, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department head Ali Hasanov told journalists today. He said the material was disseminated to cause conflicts between countries.

Roughly 250,000 secret diplomatic telegrams and letters sent from U.S. diplomatic missions in various countries to the U.S. State Department were transferred via WikiLeaks to the New York Times and several other influential media outlets this week.

The documents, part of which were marked "Top Secret," disclosed correspondence from U.S. President Barack Obama's administration on crises and conflicts, harsh statements by U.S. diplomats about Muslim presidents and European leaders, information from the ostensibly private conversations between world leaders and U.S. officials, and U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's requests to organize a shadowing of members of the U.N. Security Council.

Hasanov said the reasons will soon become clear why attempts are being made to stir conflict.


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