Russia, Azerbaijan foil US security threat against Russian diplomat, says Russian intelligence chief
Shafaq News/Russian and Azerbaijani intelligence services jointly thwarted a securitythreat from the United States targeting a Russian diplomat, Russia's foreignintelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin said on Thursday.
In a pressstatement, Naryshkin revealed that intelligence agents from both countries hadrecently "foiled a provocative threat from the Americans against a Russiandiplomat," without providing further details.
Naryshkin’scomments followed his official two-day visit to Baku, where he met withAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and held discussions with leaders ofAzerbaijan’s Foreign Intelligence Service and State Security Service, accordingto a statement from the Russian intelligence agency.
Thestatement pointed out that Russian and Azerbaijani intelligence services bear agrowing responsibility to "uncover hostile plots by internationalterrorist organizations promptly." It also highlighted their focus on"identifying the hostile aspirations of Western intelligence agenciesaimed at destabilizing the political situation in both of our countries."
Speaking toreporters, Naryshkin noted that the Russian intelligence delegation held"professional discussions with the Azerbaijani side regarding statesecurity issues." He added that during his meeting with President Aliyev,they discussed "various aspects of cooperation between our countries aswell as several issues related to the international agenda."
