巴库，10月7日——阿塞拜疆周三否认了有关德国前情报部门负责人奥古斯特·汉宁与阿塞拜疆特工有联系的报道。汉宁被指控购买机密文件，并将其用于为某外国情报机构撰写分析报告。
BAKU, Oct 7 - Azerbaijan on Wednesday denied a report that former German intelligence chief August Hanning, accused of buying secret documents and using them in an analysis for a foreign spy service, had been in contact with an agent from Azerbaijan.
阿塞拜疆媒体与广播委员会在声明中指出，最初由《明镜周刊》报道的所谓阿塞拜疆与此案有关的指控毫无根据。
The country's Media and Broadcasting Council said in a statement that allegations of an Azerbaijani connection to the case, first reported by Der Spiegel, were unfounded.
该委员会称：“散布此类虚假信息的势力企图破坏阿塞拜疆与德国之间的关系。”
"The malicious intent of the forces behind this disinformation operation is to damage Azerbaijan-Germany relations," the council said.
作为德国联邦情报局前局长，汉宁于周二因涉嫌叛国与间谍活动而被拘留，此案堪称冷战后德国最严重的国家安全丑闻之一。
Hanning, the former head of the BND foreign intelligence service, was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason and espionage in one of Germany's biggest security scandals since the Cold War.
检方称，汉宁向一名联邦情报局办公室管理人员支付费用以获取机密文件，随后为某外国情报机构官员撰写了相关分析报告。
Prosecutors said he paid to receive classified documents from a BND office manager and used them to prepare an analysis for an officer of an unnamed foreign intelligence service.
德国联邦检察官办公室未对《明镜周刊》的报道作出回应。汉宁也未回复路透社的置评请求。
Germany's federal prosecutor's office declined to comment on the Spiegel report. Hanning did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.