According to the survey, the public has a fairly positive attitude towards President Ilham Aliyev’s statements regarding Iran, APA reports.
The respondents were asked, “Do you support the President’s statement ‘We will do our best to protect the Azerbaijanis in Iran, they are part of our nation’?” 67.2% of the respondents answered “yes, I support it”, 19.0% said that they “mostly support it”. Only 2.1% said they do not support it in general, 6.7% said they do not support at all. 5.1% could offer no answer to the question.
The analysis of public opinion on the protests in Iran shows some interesting details. 21.3% of the respondents suggested that the protests could lead to a split of the Iranian state, and 31.0% suggested that the protests would lead specifically to regime change.
12.8% of the respondents said that the protests would not change the regime, but could strengthen rights and freedoms. 14.2% of the respondents said they do not expect serious results from the protests. 1.8% of those surveyed gave other answers, while 18.9% said they did not know about it at all or could offer no opinion.
According to the results of the survey, the opening of Azerbaijan’s embassy in Israel was viewed positively. To the question “How do you feel about opening of the embassy in Israel by Azerbaijan?” 61.0% of the respondents answered, “Israel is a reliable partner and I consider the establishment of the embassy important”.
11.3% expressed the opinion that we should be careful in the matter, given the proximity to Iran. 4.1% said they did not support opening an embassy in Israel at all. 14.6% of those surveyed voiced a neutral stance on the issue, saying “I don’t care”. 9.0% of the respondents could offer no opinion on the matter.
