Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan for Public and Political Issues Ali Hasanov has commented on allegations that Thorhildur Sunna Evarsdóttir, rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on “Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan”, wasn’t allowed into the country, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan is one of the few countries in the region and the world that, in 1998, abolished the Ministry of Press and Information and clearly abandoned state regulation of the media, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan for Public and Political Issues Ali Hasanov said at the annual meeting of the World Association of Press Councils held in Baku,Trend reports.

Citizens of Azerbaijan and Georgia shouldn’t succumb to inflammatory appeals, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan on political issues, head of the department Ali Hasanov told Trend.

Security and national interests of the state should be above all, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan on political issues, head of the department Ali Hasanov told Trend on July 3 in connection with the anniversary of the terror attacks in Ganja city last year.

Yerevan bears international legal responsibility for the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh which is a territory of Azerbaijan and is not a subject of discussion.

Creation of terrorist groups in the occupied Azerbaijani territories and sending them to conflict zones poses a threat to the whole world, deputy prime minister, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Combating Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking Ali Hasanov said.

A book entitled “Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom 100 Years of Partnership” was presented on April 12.

Those who committed the Khojaly genocide ruled Armenia for years, Azerbaijani President’s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs, Professor Ali Hasanov said in an interview with Turkey's Anadolu Agency on the 27th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, Trend reports.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, over the past 15 years, has proved himself as the builder of new Azerbaijan over the past 15 years, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijani President’s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs Ali Hasanov.

Today is the 15th anniversary of the death of Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev, Trend reports citing Azerbaijani President’s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs Ali Hasanov.