Azerbaijani presidential aide, Israeli PM discuss cooperation PHOTO

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev.

During the meeting, Hajiyev conveyed greetings and wishes of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the Israeli prime minister, Caliber.Az reports with reference to the page of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Israel on X, formerly known as Twitter.

At the meeting, the sides discussed bilateral cooperation and its prospects.

Azerbaijan’s embassy was officially inaugurated in Israel on March 29.

The opening ceremony was attended by the two countries' foreign ministers Jeyhun Bayramov and Eli Cohen, as well as MPs, members of the general public and artists.

On November 26, 2022, President Ilham Aliyev issued an order to establish the Azerbaijani embassy in Israel, signalling another important step forward in the diplomatic relations between the two countries. On January 11, the president appointed Mukhtar Mammadov as the first Azerbaijani ambassador to Israel, marking another significant milestone in the bilateral relationship between the Muslim-majority nation and the Jewish state.

Israel is an important exporter of arms to Azerbaijan: according to research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Israel accounted for 27 per cent of Azerbaijan’s major arms imports from 2011 to 2020 and from 2016 to 2020, Israel accounted for 69 per cent of Azerbaijan’s major arms imports.