Azerbaijan’s interstate relations with Iran “are between the governments, between the presidents, and between the foreign ministers. Therefore, we totally ignore these false narratives, which have been articulated by so-called advisors,” Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev said in his interview with Al Arabiya television, local media report.

"For us, everything is clear. The position of the president is absolutely reasonable and is based on the fact that the Zangezur Corridor is not in any way a threat to Iran. (…). The Zangezur Corridor will not only be East-West, but also a North-South transportation corridor. And instead of one North-South route from Russia to Iran through Azerbaijan, we will have another one from Russia to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nakhchivan, and then Iran," the Azerbaijani president noted.