Milli Majlis says hybrid attacks against Azerbaijan are unprecedented in scale

A temporary commission of Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis against external interference and hybrid threats has issued a statement on hybrid attacks against Azerbaijan. The statement says the country's emergence as a middle-level power under President Ilham Aliyev, its assertive foreign policy, growing international authority, contribution to international energy security, strategic importance in regional transit corridors, and domestic political and economic stability have significantly increased the scale of hybrid attacks by external actors.

The statement notes that amid ongoing wars and tensions in the region, Azerbaijan, which it describes as an island of stability, has recently been subjected to religious and ideological provocations, coordinated information operations and cyberattacks on an unprecedented scale and in a synchronised manner. The commission said that under the pretext of various freedoms, the multicentury national-spiritual and multicultural values of the people, as well as their religious beliefs, are being targeted.

The commission said investigations conducted with relevant state bodies found that influence operations, cyberattacks and terrorist and sabotage-provocation plans are carried out through influence agents and secret organisations inside and outside the country, and in the digital space through hacker groups, foreign media structures, real and fake accounts and bots. The statement says that the commission, relevant committees and state bodies are successfully countering these attacks and will not leave any attack unanswered.