We completely reject the biased and unacceptable statement made by Peter Stano, the press secretary for foreign policy and security issues of the European Union (EU).

Axar.az reports that this was stated in the statement of the head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajizade, regarding the statement of Peter Stano, press secretary for foreign policy and security issues of the European Union, which contains allegations about the state of human rights in Azerbaijan.

"The statement of the representative of the EU is not only far from the reality regarding the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, but it is full of obvious frauds. The issue of persons detained in connection with a number of criminal investigations, such as illegal financing of certain activities, illegal financial transactions, etc. "Instead of waiting for the results of criminal cases and investigations, as well as court decisions, making calls to Azerbaijan for the release of accused persons is in clear contradiction with legal procedures," the MFA official noted.

A. Hajizadeh said that the allegations regarding the deprivation of medical and other assistance to the detained persons have no basis:

"All persons referred by the EU are provided with the necessary assistance within the rules and framework established by the law. The unjustified public demands to pardon certain persons based on the political preferences of a number of European countries and politicians of the EU question whether Europe is truly committed to the rule of law." .

"Azerbaijan has enough experience, knowledge, and wisdom in this field, so it does not need mandatory advice and instructions. At the same time, conditioning Azerbaijan's presidency of COP29 with political motives unrelated to this process, including the commitment of our country, to the essence of the idea in the direction of cooperation in the fight against climate change "Azerbaijan will continue to fulfill its international legal obligations and calls on certain institutions of the EU to pay attention to gross violations of human rights on the territory of the Union, and to stop their interference and provocations against Azerbaijan," the press secretary stressed.