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The Azerbaijani media once again tried to distort the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman’s remarks, Armen Israyelyan, an expert on Iranian studies wrote on Facebook, reflecting on the question addressed to the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qassemi by a reporter of APA Azerbaijani news agency regarding Armenian foreign minister’s visit to Israel.

According to the expert, the Iranian official’s replay came in the following way: “Iran has established good relations with Armenia since independence. Armenia is one of those neighbors with which we have few problems. Armenia is building political ties, and we have no intention to interfere with the country’s domestic affairs, however, knowing Israel, we are convinced the steps of that country are not directed towards establishing stability. Therefore, we call on our Armenian friends to closely follow Israel’s actions in the region; we are convinced Armenia is informed about this issue.”

Using a headline somehow similar to the Iranian foreign ministry’s statement, the Azerbaijani news agency, however, presented a different formulation in its report, reading “… We advise Armenia to carefully follow their actions in the Caucasus region”.

“Such behavor is probably based on the fact that Azerbaijan realizes it is Baku which is taking part in Israel’s anti-Iranian actions for years,” the expert concluded.