Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, has strongly criticized US Congressman Frank Pallone and Senator Ed Markey for demonstrating pro-Armenian positions and mispresenting regional realities following their recent visit to Azerbaijan.

On November 17, a group of NGO leaders and public activists in Azerbaijan held another protest outside the hotel where pro-Armenian U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone is staying in Baku.