MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Wednesday that his government has no plans to allow the United States to establish military bases in his country.

    Reports that foreign military bases will be set up on Azerbaijan's territory are groundless, Aliyev told the media.

    Azerbaijan and the United states have not held any talks on the establishment of a US military presence in the Caucasus country, Interfax news agency quoted Aliyev as saying.

    No countries will be allowed to set up military bases in Azerbaijan, as the presence of foreign military bases will do no good for the stability of the country," Aliyev said.

    Aliyev also said his government's top priority now is to resolve the territorial dispute with neighboring Armenia.

    In late July, Uzbekistan announced that it was giving the United States 180 days to close an air base in the southwest of the Central Asian country.

    After that, unconfirmed media reports have said the United States might redeploy part of its forces in the air base to Azerbaijan. Enditem