Opposition Accuses Azeri Envoy of Interfering in Georgia’s Elections

Opposition National Movement party accused Azerbaijani’s ambassador in Georgia Hajan Hajiev of agitating against the opposition parties in the areas predominately populated by the ethnic Azerbaijanis.

“Recently Hajan Hajiev visited regions populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis and called them for voting for the presidential-backed election bloc [For New Georgia]. He said that some opposition leaders and members are ethnic Armenians,” Kamal Muradkhanov, who is ethnic Azeri and member of the National Movement, said at a news briefing today.

He also said that the Azerbaijani’s ambassador is interfering in Georgia’s elections, thus in the country’s internal affairs.