(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan Fergus Auld and Presidential aide
Hikmat Hajiyev discussed regional issues, Azernews reports.
'An important meeting took place with Hikmat Hajiyev. I offered
the British Government's condolences for the death of the security
manager at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran. We also discussed
important regional security and humanitarian issues,' Auld tweeted .
As reported earlier, the head of the security guard of the
Azerbaijani embassy in Iran was killed, two other employees were
wounded in the armed attack on the building on January 27 at about
0830 hours (GMT+4).
The gunman turned out to be a man in his 50s, who drove up to
the administrative building, armed with a Kalashnikov automatic
rifle.
No attempts were made to detain the gunman, as he freely entered
the embassy. The shooter was eventually detained. The incident is
currently being investigated.
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