US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has stated that the US calls on Azerbaijan to end the intensifying pressure on the mass media and civil society, to respect its international obligations to protect human rights, and to release those unjustly arrested.
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted by "strongly condemning the statement of the Secretary of State."
"The double standards of Blinken's position have led to the fact that the US policy in the South Caucasus is paralyzed," said Aykhan Hajizade, the spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
