Azerbaijan president calls EU monitoring mission in Armenia a ‘reconnaissance mission’

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has called the European Union (EU) monitoring mission in Armenia a “reconnaissance mission.” He stated this while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 12th Global Baku Forum in the Azerbaijani capital.

“The so-called European monitoring mission, which is actually a reconnaissance mission of the European Union, is spying day and night on our border, looking just for places where they can penetrate. We [i.e. Azerbaijan] have enough intelligence information on this so-called monitoring mission,” the Azerbaijani president said.

Also, Aliyev expressed indignation over the supply of weapons to Armenia.

“Deadly weapons, which they supplied to Armenia, are aimed at us. They maybe be needed in other places, are being sent to Armenia,” the Azerbaijani leader said.

Let us recall, however, that while criticizing Armenia for purchasing weapons, Azerbaijan will spend a fifth of its state budget on defense.