Hajiyev was responding to the statement by the US Department of State.
“The successive actions towards sustainable development of democracy are taken,” Hajiyev said.
“All these actions are primarily aimed at ensuring the main component of the Azerbaijani government’s activity - the interests of the country`s population,” he said. "No one is persecuted for political views in our country.”
Hajiyev said that the US Department of State should urge Armenia to fulfill its commitments to the OSCE and the UN Security Council’s resolutions on the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
“The US Department of State should also raise the issue of restoring the rights of Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced persons,” he said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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