"Pressure on us increases, while Azerbaijan becomes stronger. Our independent policy is not welcomed by all. Therefore, the pressure on us is increasing and pressure mechanisms are launched," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Thursday in his speech during the nationwide festivities on the occasion of Novruz Holiday

President Aliyev stated that Some foreign circles are waging a campaign against Azerbaijan: “We are ready for it. This campaign, in fact, has never been stopped. Just on the eve of important international events, this campaign becomes even uglier. We are faced with it three years ago - in 2012, on the eve of "Eurovision" contest. We see it today, on the eve of the first European games. This is organized in the form of a coordinated anti-Azerbaijani campaign, managed from one or more centers, which aims to tarnish, tarnish our country, cast a shadow over our affairs and to present Azerbaijan as a backward, undemocratic, non-free country. All this, of course, is built on a lie. Therefore, neither the people of Azerbaijan, nor the world community do believe it. Azerbaijani people see with their own eyes. The development of recent years, the improvement of our cities, economic and social development of the country, the growth of our international credibility are visible. At the same time, our business is not a secret to the world community. Numerous events, exhibitions, conferences, presentation of Azerbaijani culture in foreign countries create the conditions to deliver enough information about Azerbaijan to the international community.

But despite this, we see that the so-called experts, politicians, former government officials, media organizations as if declared the cold war against Azerbaijan. Once again I want to say that all these attempts are futile and useless. In the world there is no power that is able to influence the will of the Azerbaijani people.”

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