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A senior intelligence officer of Azerbaijan who preferred to remain anonymous told the website “Gunxeber.com” that around 40,000 Armenians supposedly live in Baku. "They are not registered, they do not have documents. They do not work, do not get a pension, but live well. And this is a serious threat to Azerbaijan, and in particular for its capital, especially in such a sensitive period, before the presidential election. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies should undertake serious steps concerning this issue," said the anonymous source.

As the site notes, it was 10 years ago when the government of Azerbaijan officially stated that 30,000 Armenians reside in Baku. It turns out that the number of Armenians in the city increased by 10,000 during 10 years. Commenting on this information in an interview with the website, the head of Migrant Centre Aliovsat Aliyev noted that currently 20,000 Armenians are registered in Baku. According to him this figure could only go down due to deaths and migration out of the country.

"There are Armenians who have problems and live without documents. They live here giving themselves either as Azerbaijanis, or by other names, or take the surnames of Azerbaijani fathers. A number of problems arise in this regard. Now there are a number of cases in the courts related to the Armenians", the expert says, noting that it is impossible to have incensement in the number of Armenians in Baku as most of them live alone, without family.

The head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Orhan Mansurzade refused to disclose the number of Armenians "living" in Baku. He advised to refer to the State Statistics Committee for this information. As the site says, the census in 1999 showed that only 400 people identified themselves as Armenians, and 100 people in 2009. "It is interesting, what kind of documents do the rest of Armenians use in Baku? How do they live in Baku endangering their lives? " inquire the site.