Ilham Aliyev

Israel becomes Azerbaijan’s leading oil customer with $300 million imported in January

As Azerbaijan addresses its own geopolitical conflict with Armenia, ties with Israel continue to improve – despite international pressure on both countries.

 Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev met with Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog at the Munich Security Conference in February 2024.
Azerbaijan's ambassador to Israel, Mukhtar Mammadov, presents his credentials to President Isaac Herzog on March 26, 2023.

Mediate Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, scholars urge Israel's Isaac Herzog

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a recognition ceremony for the IDF reserve soldiers, in the Israeli parliament on June 13, 2023.

Gallant meets Azerbaijan President to cooperate on security challenges

Yoav Gallant. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)

Gallant takes off for Azerbaijan in shadow of Iran terror, nuke threats


High alert for Iranian disruption of Herzog visit to Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is “a friendly state, a key state with a lot of areas of cooperation,” said Herzog.

 President Isaac Herzog and Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku, on May 29, 2023

Azerbaijan to open embassy in Israel, MKs send congratulations

A group of MKs and ministers sent their congratulations to Azerbaijan, while also expressing support against French calls to sanction the country.

 Azerbaijani and Israeli flags.

Aliyev’s friendship

Israel’s unlikely ally in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban