After saying these words, the next day the Russian Defense Ministry sent a response to the letter of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. I got acquainted with this answer. I must tell the Azerbaijani people everything as it is. Because this is a very serious matter. This is not an ordinary matter. Therefore, no secrecy should be allowed here. The response stated that the Russian side has not determined the launch of ballistic missiles.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from President Ilham Aliyev in an interview with Azerbaijan Television on April 20.

"In fact, this is not a complete response to our letter. Because the main question in our letter was how the banned and deadly Iskander-M missiles got into the hands of Armenia? After all, this is not possible. There are two ways to do this: either by smuggling, or by violating international norms and rules. Because the Armenian army can only have "Iskander-E", that is, an expert-export option. There is a big difference between them. The range of "Iskander-E" missiles is 280 kilometers. Iskander-M missiles are more long-range missiles. The distance here is 500 kilometers. That is, the Armenian army could not have "Iskander-M" missiles. There are only two ways to do this. There can be no other way. Because no other country has these missiles. This question must be answered by us. We are waiting for this answer, the Azerbaijani people are waiting. We have clarified many issues for ourselves. We know when and why these missiles were fired. But we must receive an official response from Armenia and Russia, which fired these missiles at us. These missile systems were either handed over to Armenia or illegally stolen from Russia. There are no answers to these questions. Of course, this is not a pleasant situation," Ilham Aliyev said.