Numerous global media reports have assessed that Israeli intelligence forces have used the porous Iran-Azerbaijan border for operations.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with meet Azerbaijani leaders to discuss strengthening relations between Israel and Azerbaijan.
Footage released by Azerbaijani authorities showed the suspect near the Israeli embassy in Baku.
The June 11 event was the second gathering in under a year in Azerbaijan for Limmud FSU.
Azerbaijan recently opened an embassy in Israel and Israel’s foreign minister and president both traveled to Baku in recent months.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that “the one who should scare the people of Azerbaijan is the Zionist regime, not a civilized and Islamic Iran.”
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The presidents and the ambassador may have wanted to shift focus away from defense, but it plays a huge role in ties between the countries.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Azerbaijan comes amid Baku-Tehran tensions; Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will visit Central Europe.
On May 28, Azerbaijan will celebrate its own Independence Day marking the founding of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) as the first secular democratic state in the Muslim world.
The close ties between Azerbaijan and Israel are first of all connected with the presence of Jewish communities that settled in Azerbaijan along the years.
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