Baku: “There is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer,” declared Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration. This statement was made on the social media platform X, as reported by APA.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Hajiyev referred to a previous post dated November 21, 2023, where he had similarly expressed the sentiment that USAID operations were no longer welcome in Azerbaijan. This reiteration underscores a firm stance from the Azerbaijani government regarding the presence of the United States Agency for International Development in the country.