The mass media are making political speculations about Turkey's plans to create a fictitious military base in Azerbaijan. About this to VGTRK andRIA NovostiPresident of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in an interview. "In short, it is not necessary. And if I expand my answer a little, taking into account that from time to time such information appears in certain media, I must say that there is no need for it," Aliyev said.
Aliyev called the information about the plans to install a Turkish military base in Azerbaijan an informational hoax, because today it is almost impossible to hide a single military base anywhere in the world. According to Aliyev, this information is political speculation.
"It is the obligation of both Azerbaijan and Turkey to come to the aid if this or that country faces an external threat, external aggression, therefore, that clause of the declaration, in fact, forces the creation of permanent military infrastructures, but that area is absolutely it is unnecessary," the president clarified.
Aliyev stated that thanks to Ankara, Baku has reached a "high degree of effectiveness of military operations".