BAKU. – The Nakhichevan clan presented an ultimatum to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, demanding that he nominate for the country’s presidential elections in 2013, Azadliq newspaper of Azerbaijan writes.   

“The ruling Nakhichevan clan wishes for Ilham Aliyev to once again become [presidential] candidate of the [the country’s ruling] Yeni Azerbaycan Party. This not at all conditioned by the infinite love towards him, it is just that this is the only way for the Nakhichevan clan to maintain its positions in the country,” Azadliq writes.