Nasib Nasibli: "There is always a threat of terrorist acts against Azerbaijan by Armenians"

- How would you comment on information, spread by some local medias that Iran and Armenia have established a large scale cooperation of intelligence services with most aspects of it directly and indirectly targeting against Azerbaijan?

- I am not an expert in the activity of special services, therefore, it is difficult for me to assess the possibility of joining efforts of the special services of Iran and Armenia, reveal the degree of its orientation against Azerbaijan. But undoubtedly, comprehensive deepening of the Armenian-Iranian relations really takes place.

These contacts between the representatives of both countries are diverse, which allows to assume the possibility of contacts between the special services of Iran and Armenia, which has a logical explanation, for one of the discussed countries, Armenia, has occupied 20% of our lands and therefore, due to the unsettled Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict, it considers Azerbaijan to be its possible enemy.

The second discussed country, Iran, also has strained relations with Azerbaijan. Such a quo status is explained not only by the discrepancies between official Baku and Tehran in any geopolitical issues, but also by the factor of South Azerbaijan and tens of millions of our compatriots, residing in Iran.

As is known, the Iranian leadership is extremely discriminatory towards Azerbaijanis, residing in the Iranian territory. It means that there are all conditions for significant and comprehensive closing of ties between Iran and Armenia. Moreover, it is also possible that significant thaw in the Armenian-Iranian relations is connected with the boring tendency "to be friends against someone", in this case against Azerbaijan.

Though, both Iran and Armenia may reject Azerbaijan's fact as a reason of deepening ties between these countries.

- What should official Baku do in this connection?

- First of all, official Baku should closely watch the nature of deepening Armenian-Iranian relations and study any signals, proving their anti-Azerbaijani nature in details. Moreover, official Baku should inform official Tehran of its worries about the possible anti-Azerbaijani orientation of the Armenian-Iranian relations.

As now Iran frequently voices demands to Azerbaijan to reduce the level of Azerbaijani-Israeli and Azerbaijani-American relations, our country will also have a right to demand from Iran to narrow relations with Armenia, which is an aggressor country, occupying Azerbaijan's lands.

- Is there a threat of terror acts in Azerbaijan, organized by world Armenians?

- There has always been a threat of terrorist acts in Azerbaijan by the world Armenians and our law enforcement bodies, especially, National Security Ministry, should always be ready for such attempts.

- Can Azerbaijan rely on the support of any countries in the sense of resisting threats to national security by Armenia and Iran?

- Certainly, it can. In this connection it should be reminded that in 2001, when Iranian planes violated the air space of Azerbaijan and demonstrated the threat of force against our country, the Turkish side demonstrated open readiness to support Azerbaijan in ensuring the national security of our country.

Moreover, contacts between special services of Azerbaijan and Iran are quite wide, which gives certain guarantees to security of our country and its protection from world terror.

/Day.Az/