The Azerbaijani president has thanked his Iranian counterpart “for his kind and sincere words” after the latter said that Baku sent Iran aid during the war, Al Jazeera reports.
“The peoples of Azerbaijan and Iran have always stood by each other’s side in narrow and difficult days,” Ilham Aliyev has said on X.
He has added: “Against the backdrop of the recent events that have taken place in our region, Azerbaijan has once again demonstrated that it stands by its brotherly Iranian people.”
Pezeshkian had made remarks about Azerbaijan’s help to Iran, particularly in resolving issues on routes for delivering aid.