Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan and head of the foreign policy department of Aliyev's office, said that Baku does not see the need for an international observation mission on the Karabakh issue. "There is no need for an international observation mission because the realities on the ground are obvious," Hajiyev said in an interview with Deutsche Welle, noting that Azerbaijan has nothing to hide"
Hajiyev added that Azerbaijan has always been against any geopolitical competition in the South Caucasus. He also called for not considering the region through the prism of geopolitical competition.