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Israeli Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter (center, behind the Israeli flag) at the signing of a declaration of intent regarding wheat production with Azerbaijan, Sept. 11, 2023. Credit Israeli Ministry of Agriculture.

Israel grain deal with Baku and Tashkent to ‘ensure food security’

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Israel has signed a major grain deal with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan to secure all of the country’s wheat needs at a time of disruptions in the global food supply amid the war in Ukraine,...
A depiction of the Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Baku, Azerbaijan. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Azerbaijan

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A Jewish Cultural Center will be constructed in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku near the city's main synagogue, Azerbaijani officials announced on Thursday. The center will include Jewish and Bible classes, a Sunday School for...
An Azerbaijani Jewish dance group at the Khari Bulbul Music Festival in Shusha, May 12, 2021. Credit: President.az via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel and Azerbaijan are ‘strategic partners,’ Baku says

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Jerusalem and Baku have forged a “strategic partnership” with relations between the two nations at an all-time high and only expected to grow, a senior Azerbaijani presidential representative said Monday. The remarks come four months...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) meets with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, July 13, 2023. Credit: Ariel Hermoni/IMoD.

Azerbaijan’s president hosts Israeli defense minister in Baku

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met on Thursday with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku. They discussed "various regional and global developments... avenues to further strengthen strategic ties and cooperate in the face of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev, on December 13, 2016. Photo: Haim Zach / GPO

Azerbaijan’s relations with US, Israel, ‘not against’ anyone

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Azerbaijan's alliances with Israel and the United States are about its national interests and vision, and are not designed to threaten anyone, the country's ambassador to Washington told JNS. Khazar Ibrahim said on Monday that...
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Israel Mukhtar Mammadov (left) presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on March 26, 2023. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Azerbaijan embassy in Israel a ‘catalyst’ to ever-growing ties

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The inauguration in March of Azerbaijan’s first-ever embassy in Israel marks the burgeoning of relations between the two countries just as Baku’s ties with Tehran hit rock bottom, according to Mukhtar Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s first...
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Cohen heads to Turkmenistan to open Israeli embassy

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Eli Cohen is set to become the first Israeli foreign minister to step foot in Turkmenistan in nearly three decades when he arrives in the Central Asian country’s capital Ashgabat on Wednesday night to open an...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, on March 29, 2023 in Jerusalem. Kobi Gideon (GPO)

Azerbaijan becomes first Shi’ite country to open embassy in Israel

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Azerbaijan on Wednesday became the first Shi’ite Muslim country to open an embassy in Israel, with the two countries’ foreign ministers meeting in Jerusalem ahead of the inauguration ceremony. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen called the...
Azerbaijan ambassador-designate Mukhtar Mammadov meets in Jerusalem with Malcolm Hoenlein, vice chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, March 2023. Credit: Eli Bardenstein.

Azerbaijan’s new ambassador to Israel meets with senior US Jewish leader in Jerusalem

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Azerbaijan’s ambassador-designate to Israel Mukhtar Mammadov met last week in Jerusalem with Malcolm Hoenlein, the vice chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. At the meeting,...
A 3D illustration of flags pertaining to the Iran and Azerbaijan relationship in crisis. Credit: Open Art/Shutterstock.

Israel plays center stage in Azerbaijan-Iran tensions

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Azerbaijan freed two Iranian truck drivers on Oct. 21 after their arrest last month in a sign of thawing relations after tensions spiked, in part due to charges by Iran that Israel had a...