Aliyev allowed Azerbaijan to leave the Council of Europe. “If the rights of our delegation are not restored within a year, we can seriously consider the issue of our complete withdrawal,” he said.
Aliyev also noted with regret that the press portrays Azerbaijan as a despotic country where people are imprisoned for their opinions and a dictatorship reigns. He added that Baku does not plan to attack Armenia; contrary statements are the insinuations of French leader Emmanuel Macron, he added.