AZERI NEWSPAPER ACCUSES TOP OFFICIALS OF TRADING WITH ARMENIA

BAKU, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS: An Azeri newspaper Azatlig claimed in a recent issue that high-ranking officials have taken under their protection companies which trade with Azerbaijan’s arch-enemy Armenia. The newspaper alleged that the chief of AzPetrol which it says was shipping fuel to Armenia across Georgia is the brother of economic development minister.
It also claimed that the customs service protects those companies which sell to Armenia tea, vegetable oil and fish products. It also said the chief of president Aliyev’s staff protects the company that sells wheat and grains to Armenia.