Novruz Mammadov, Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration is likely to be appointed Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, a reliable European diplomatic source informed NEWS.am.

His frequent interviews and critique leveled at Azerbaijani Foreign Office for failing foreign policy in the U.S. and Russian fronts are conditioned by this factor.

According to the source, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan advised the replacement of minister after his visit to Washington, reasoning that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was not invited to Nuclear Security Summit due to poor job of Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

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