A number of leading media organizations of Germany have widely covered President Ilham Aliyev's views on the reasons for the accident of the passenger plane belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines.

Axar.az informs that in the news published in "Bild", "Spiegel", "Zeit", "Tagesspiegel" newspapers, "Döch Welle", "Welt", "Tageschau" televisions, the passenger plane of our head of state was attacked by radio electronic countermeasures while on the territory of Russia. it was reported that he was put in an uncontrollable state and that the tail part was heavily damaged as a result of ground fire. Also, President Ilham Aliyev's statements about Russia's voicing nonsense about the causes of the accident and trying to cover up the real cause of the accident were especially emphasized.

In the news, the head of our state said, "One of the things that made us sad and surprised was that the official bodies of Russia put forward versions related to the explosion of a gas cylinder. That is, it clearly showed that the Russian side wants to cover up the issue, and, of course, this does not bring shame to anyone," the opinion was quoted.

In the media reports, it was noted that the President of Azerbaijan did not believe that the plane was shot down intentionally by Russia but demanded that Russia confess its guilt, punish the guilty and pay compensation.

It should be noted that on December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the plane crash during a telephone conversation with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev.