The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has rejected Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's claims that Baku is preparing to attack Armenia.
In his comments, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ayhan Hajizadeh noted that Armenia kept Azerbaijani lands under occupation for 30 years.
Since the end of the 44-day war, Yerevan's military spending has nearly tripled, from about $600 million in 2021 to $1.6 billion in 2024.
At the same time, Armenia is mainly acquiring offensive weapons capable of striking deep into Azerbaijani territory.
‘Given the persisting territorial claims in the Constitution and legal acts of Armenia, as well as the strengthening of revanchism, the arguments with which Yerevan justifies the build-up of its military potential are insincere and pose a direct threat to Azerbaijan's security,’ Hajizadeh said.
He also emphasised the groundlessness of Yerevan's claims about the community of Western Azerbaijan, whose main goal is the safe and dignified return to the lands from where Azerbaijanis were expelled.
‘The Armenian Prime Minister's refusal to recognise this right under various pretexts, once again demonstrates the level of cruelty of this country, where Azerbaijanis once made up the bulk of the population, and now there are none of them left,’ Hajizadeh said.
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The General Prosecutor's Office conducted an investigation into the illegal mining and unlawful land seizure in the Garadagh, Binagadi, and Khazar districts of Baku, as well as in the Terter region. Facts of illegal extraction of building stone, sand, and gravel were established, carried out by unknown individuals who unlawfully seized land plots.
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The scheduled court session on February 11 did not take place.
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President Ilham Aliyev approved the Azerbaijani-Russian intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in transit cargo transportation along the "North-South" international transport corridor (ITC) on February 11, 2025. The agreement was signed on December 21, 2024, by the heads of the transport ministries of both countries.
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On February 11, the members of the monitoring group of Azerbaijani human rights organizations, Novella Jafaroglu, Saida Godjamanly, and Saadat Babanyarly, were received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding their appeals to the country's leadership concerning the case of the arrested journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi. The human rights activists were listened to, and they were informed that they would be informed on the results of the consideration of their appeal. On February 12, the appeal hearing for the journalist is scheduled for 14:00.
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