PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV’S INTERVIEW WITH LOCAL TV CHANNELS IN SPOTLIGHT OF FOREIGN MEDIA

A number of leading foreign media outlets have widely covered Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev`s interview with local TV channels.

Turkish Anadolu Agency and IHA news agencies, Milliyet, Yeni Akit and other popular newspapers, TRT HABER, TRT Avaz and other channels, Russia’s TASS, “Interfax”, “Vestnik Kavkaza” news agencies, as well as “Kommersant” and “News.ru” portals, Austrian leading newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten, Romanian “News24hours” and other news portals, Moldovan media outlets, including “Point”, “Noi”, “Dosarmedia”, “Timpul” news portals, Georgia’s “dalgatv.ge”, “24news.ge”, “newsday.ge”, “aktual.ge” websites and Japan’s “ajmedia.jp” news portal published articles and broadcast programs on President Ilham Aliyev`s interview.

The foreign media drew the audience’s attention to the Azerbaijani President’s remarks on Azerbaijan-Armenia relations, the economic importance of Zangazur and North-South transport corridors, Armenia’s non-constructive policy following the Second Karabakh War, double standards in the world, as well as the recent developments around the Lachin corridor.

The articles also featured President Ilham Aliyev’s remarks on the protest action of the Azerbaijani eco-activists and NGO representatives on the Lachin-Khankandi road, increasing the combat capability of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces, the importance of the border delimitation, Zangazur corridor, as well as other issues.