Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that interference in the country's elections was carried out "through very simple tools."
"Firstly, this is the money that was sent to Azerbaijan by the so-called Western NGOs. Secondly, anti-Azerbaijani propaganda in the Western media. At that time, we were a little naive and could not even imagine that those who smiled in our faces wanted to stab us in the back," Aliyev shared at an international forum on the topic "Towards a New World Order."
Today, according to Aliyev, everything is more complicated. Azerbaijan has established complete control over the financial system.
"All grants that were provided to local NGOs, and in fact branches of the opposition, are now subject to registration. However, there is no guarantee that one day they will not again decide to bring a puppet and put him in the presidential chair to govern Azerbaijan the way they want," the head of state noted.
Aliyev also recalled the attempt to organize an “orange revolution” in the country under the auspices of the US State Department in 2005.
“We all remember and will never forget,” he emphasized.
