ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is enthusiastic for what is happening in USA because he has complaint against former Biden administration for ruining Azerbaijan USA relations. He expressed his mind in this regard in his opening address to Baku Forum on 13 March 2025. He agrees with President Trump on what he calls the Western Media as Fake News.
Organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center under the patronage of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the 12th Global Baku Forum, themed “Rethinking World Order: Turning Challenges into Opportunities,” began at the Gulustan Palace in Baku.
Ismail Serageldin, Co-Chair of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, welcomed the participants, and highlighted the significance of the discussions taking place at the event.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of the Forum and shared his opening remarks.
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He siad , we are very enthusiastic with respect to what is happening now in America. Why? It’s very simple. Because the policy of Mr. Antony Blinken towards Azerbaijan actually ruined US-Azerbaijan relations, which we had been building for 30 years. We have always been a very reliable partner and friend to the United States. When they needed us, we were with them.
” When they needed us in Iraq, we were in Iraq with our troops. When they needed us in Afghanistan, we were one of the first non-NATO countries to join operations in Afghanistan in 2001. And we were among the last to leave.”
President said, ” After we left, they imposed sanctions on us. I remember it was a big frustration in Azerbaijan. I told some of their representatives, “How can we trust you?” So, when you need us, you waive the sanctions. When you don’t need us any longer, you re-impose the sanctions. How can we build long-term relations with you?
H.E Ilham Aliyev explained , Why we are very enthusiastic now?
” First, because we in Azerbaijan managed to save US-Azerbaijan relations from total collapse, despite all the efforts of the US State Department. And secondly, we hope that with the new administration, we will rebuild our strong partnership, which has always been important for the South Caucasus, for peace, security, anti-terror operations, the modern development of our region.”
President Ilham agrees with US counterpart on what the later calls the Western Media as “Fake News”. He said , Unfortunately COP29 Baku was accompanied by a campaign in some Western media, which President Trump calls fake news—and I fully agree with him— a campaign to discredit Azerbaijan, blackmail us, and spread rumors and different disinformation.
“All that was generated from several centers, actually two: one in the US State Department. The fake news outlets like the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Newsweek, and the Associated Press were just implementing the instructions of the US State Department, President Ilham shared.
The second source, he mentioned, was the office of the President of France, Mr. Macron, through their fake news media like Le Monde, Figaro, and others. So, it was a coordinated campaign of blackmail and slander aimed at boycotting COP29.
