Assistant to the Azerbaijani President, head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev said that now journalist of Italian La Republica Peitro Del Re is under abusive attack of Armenian lobby.
"Now journalist of Italian La Republica Peitro Del Re is under abusive attack of Armenian lobby. it was also case with TF1 and NY Times journalists who were physically threatened by Armenian lobby. We strongly condemn such attacks against to free media/freedom of expression," Hajiyev wrote on his Twitter page.
"We call Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and OSCE media freedom to condemn and deplore physical/verbal threats/abusive personal attacks against professional journalists/media who covered objective realities of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Freedom of expression must be respected," he added.
