The Azerbaijani president publicly pointed out Russia’s “guilt”, during an interview on national television, while noting that the “plane was hit by accident”.
The aircraft was “made uncontrollable by military means of electronic jamming” in the sky over Grozny and “its tail was also seriously damaged” by shots from Russian soil, he said on television, according to the Azertag state agency.
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: “There is no doubt about the origin of the accident”
“Unfortunately, during the first three days, we heard only absurd theories from Russia,” he accused.
Ilham Aliev estimated that the various versions of the facts put forward in Russia – collision with birds, explosion of a gas balloon in the plane – “clearly show that the Russian side wanted to cover up the affair”.
“Admitting (one’s) guilt, issuing a timely apology to Azerbaijan, which is considered a friendly country, and informing the public about it, these are all measures and steps that should have been taken,” he said. -he said.
“After examining the flight recorders and obtaining more detailed information, a complete picture of what happened will be made public,” Mr. Aliev insisted.
According to him, Baku made three demands on December 27: an apology, recognition of guilt and punishment of those responsible.
“The first was heard on Saturday (with Mr. Putin’s apologies, editor’s note). I hope that the other conditions will be accepted too,” he insisted.
On Wednesday, the Embraer 190 plane of the Azerbaijani company Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near Aktau in western Kazakhstan, on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, while the plane was supposed to connect Baku to Grozny, two cities located on the opposite bank.
According to Russian news agencies, MM. Aliyev and Putin spoke on Sunday.
