Azerbaijan has been strengthening its ties with Israel since 2011, and in 2022, it announced that it would be opening an embassy in Israel, marking the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two states.

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Jun 25, 2024 · Israel calls Azerbaijan a "strategic partner", enjoying close historical ties. When Azerbaijan declared independence in 1991, Israel was one of the first states to recognise the new state.

Jan 5, 2025 · Meanwhile, Israel has equipped Azerbaijan with advanced weapons systems, crucial in the Azerbaijanis’ 2020 victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and the purchases are steadily climbing. International relations scholar John Mearsheimer claims, “Azerbaijan won the war because of Israeli arms and Türkiye’s Bayraktar TB2

Oct 5, 2023 · Iran behind failed attack on Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan, foreign minister says

Mar 29, 2023 · Azerbaijan’s alliance with Israel is a complicated one due to it sitting on Iran’s border, the same geography that makes it an enticing strategic partner for Jerusalem. The relationship has...

Jul 31, 2023 · For Israel, ties with Azerbaijan—which shares a 428-mile border with Iran, a country that is home to tens of millions of Azerbaijanis—are of strategic importance, both as a conduit for reconnaissance and because it supplies an estimated 30% of the Jewish state’s oil.

Oct 5, 2023 · AP — Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightning offensive last month that brought the...

Apr 3, 2023 · Israeli-Azerbaijani relations are based on two main pillars: patient and cordial political relations as well as defense cooperation and arms sales.

Jan 19, 2023 · Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Israel go back to the time of Azerbaijan’s independence in 1991 amid the Soviet Union’s implosion. Israel opened its embassy in Baku in August 1993. Ever since, Azerbaijan has been one of Israel’s most important partners in the Islamic world.