“The report that the Azerbaijanis, who voted for the Armenian singers in Eurovision-2009, were summoned to the National Security Ministry and interrogated, is a political game,” Azerbaijan’s Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov said, APA reports. He said that no one was summoned to any office or underwent pressure in Azerbaijan.

“It became clear that none of the 43 people, who voted for Armenians, but Rovshan Nasirli was in the National Security Ministry. Rovshan Nasirli went to the National Security Ministry without a lawyer and was interrogated there. This is a political game,” he said.

According to the Minister, if the National Security Ministry had begun such an investigation, at least half of those who voted would have been interrogated. “Why only one man was called and the whole world began to protest after his interview,” he said.

Azad Rahimov said Armenians seized an opportunity. “Azerbaijan took the second place and Armenians could not digest it. Now they seized an opportunity to raise a clamour,” he said.