BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 21. A false statement on behalf of Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev on Russian-Azerbaijani relations has been disseminated in a number of social networks, Trend reports via Media Development Agency.
This statement, prepared by imitating the image of the official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and containing fabricated statements, is an example of gross information manipulation aimed at misleading public opinion.
“We call on the public to trust only information provided by
official sources and remind that information expressing the
official position of the state can be obtained from official
sources, as well as from the country's news agencies and other
professional media.
We call on citizens of Azerbaijan, journalists, and public
activists to always be principled in response to such situations
and to be vigilant in a situation when fake and disinformation
campaigns become rampant,” the statement reads.
