Hikmat Hajiyev: Baku Receives Moscow's Response on Downed AZAL Plane

Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department, stated in an exclusive interview with EU Today and a small group of journalists in Brussels that Azerbaijan has received responses from Russia regarding the AZAL airline plane shot down over Grozny in December 2024.

Hajiyev noted that immediately after the incident there was "some misunderstanding" and "emotions," but Baku's concerns were discussed at a subsequent meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia in Dushanbe, The Caspian Post reports local media.

"Azerbaijan expected from Russia official apologies, a full investigation, holding the responsible parties accountable, and compensation for the downed AZAL plane. Now we have turned the page on the misunderstanding and will continue normal, good-neighborly relations between the two countries," he added.