Such a statement was received in response to a message from the Russian Foreign Ministry on allegedly payments to Azerbaijan compensation for a plane crash. On September 4, Moscow stated that the Russian Alfastrakhovanie has allegedly pays compensation for the Baku -Groza flight catastrophe from February 2025.
The airline, according to the Russian Federation, allegedly received more than 1 billion rubles for the lost plane, 358.4 million rubles were paid to passengers and families of the dead (46 out of 62 cases were settled).
Such a statement in Baku caused surprise, emphasized Hajizade. According to him, the Russian Foreign Ministry misleads the public, ”since insurance payments and the requirement of compensation for a downed plane are different issues.
Payments to passengers, their relatives and airlines have been taking place for about six months and are carried out under the AZAL insurance contract. Since international insurers do not work in the Russian Federation, the plane was insured through the Russian company.
“Thus, attempts to equate insurance payments to the requirement of compensation presented by Azerbaijan to the Russian government are incorrect,” the report said.
Also, according to the head of the press service of the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry, it is mistaken that the arrest of 13 Russians in Azerbaijan caused a deterioration in relations between Baku and Moscow; Their release should not be a condition for normalization. The voltage in the relationship is caused by the Azal flight catastrophe, the actions of Russian officials, the persecution and violence against Azerbaijanis in Russia, the murder of the Azerbaijani in Yekaterinburg, as well as the activities of Russian state structures against Azerbaijan, Hajizade pointed out.
