Ukrainian press covers President Aliyev’s influential Munich engagements PHOTO

Leading Ukrainian media extensively covered President Ilham Aliyev’s participation in the Munich Security Conference, his meetings, and public statements. 

Reports from the state news agency Ukrinform, as well as Interfax-Ukraine, RBC-Ukraine, UNIAN, Censor, Gordon, Ukrainska Pravda, 24tv.ua, Korrespondent, and others, detailed Aliyev’s remarks on the initialed peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and the Azerbaijani embassy in Ukraine, and his meeting with the Ukrainian president, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

Aliyev said Azerbaijan hopes to sign a bilateral peace treaty with Armenia this year, contingent on constitutional changes in Armenia. Following the agreements brokered by the United States in August last year, the countries began restoring economic cooperation, during which no incidents occurred.

The reports also noted Aliyev’s statement that not only Azerbaijan’s energy infrastructure faced attacks in Ukraine; the Azerbaijani embassy was targeted three times. 

“After the first attack, we could imagine that it was accidental, and we gave our Russian colleagues all the coordinates of Azerbaijan's diplomatic representations, including the consular department, our cultural centers, and the embassy. Despite all that, there have been two more attacks. So that was a deliberate attack on Azerbaijan's diplomatic representation. We issued special statements, and the ambassador was invited and a diplomatic note was submitted,” Aliyev noted.

Ukrainian media further emphasised the significance of the meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

By Jeyhun Aghazada