Israel becomes Azerbaijan’s leading oil customer in January

Israel is leading the list of countries importing oil from Azerbaijan, with a value of about 300 million dollars.

Azerbaijan published its oil export data for January 2024 during the Security Conference in Munich on February 16-18 – where Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, The Jerusalem Post reported on February 22.

“The data shows that Israel ranks first in the table of countries that export oil from the friendly Shiite country, and the export to Israel was 523.5 thousand tons with a value of about 297 million dollars – a figure significantly higher than other countries importing oil from Azerbaijan, such as Thailand, Italy, and others,” the report said.

It added that “Azerbaijan’s reports indicate that despite the international pressure exerted against Azerbaijan amid the war in Gaza due to its close relations with Israel, President Aliyev continues his policy of fostering relations between the countries and continues to stand by the local Jewish community”.