[45] Today it installs phone lines and operates regional services throughout much of the country. Still, at least for now, Armenia has said it will not cut its diplomatic relationship with Israel. Azerbaijan became the first foreign buyer of Sky Strikers. [5], According to a 2009 U.S. diplomatic memo, made public through WikiLeaks, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev once compared his country's relationship with Israel to an iceberg: "Nine-tenths of it is below the surface. A curious triangle that shows that, when talking about businesses and millions of dollars in arms sales, religious or other issues take a back seat. Another company, Bakcell, was commenced as a joint venture between the Ministry of Communication of Azerbaijan and GTIB (Israel)[46] in early 1994 as the first cellular telephone operator in the country. [1] Azerbaijan is one of the few majority Muslim countries besides Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Kosovo, Albania, Gulf countries and the other former Soviet republics to develop bilateral strategic and economic relations with Israel. [36], In 2008, a plot was foiled to bomb the Israeli Embassy in Baku, which is located in a high-rise building along with the Thai and Japanese embassies. Since then Israel has been developing closer ties with Azerbaijan and has helped modernize the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. [24] He also visited the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School, met with the local Jewish community and gave a speech before students. On December 25, 1991, Israel formally recognized the independence of Azerbaijan, becoming one of the first states to do so, and established diplomatic relations with the country on April 7, 1992. [37] Local police narrowly averted the potential disaster, which involved placing three or four car bombs around the high-rise complex to carry out the attack. Though Israel, like Russia and China, tries to walk delicately between the two rivals, its strategic interests clearly tilt toward Azerbaijan, which is why Armenia has called back its ambassador from Israel. [16][17], In 2009, Israeli President Shimon Peres made a visit to Azerbaijan where military relations were expanded further, with the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd announcing it would build a factory in Baku. [50], Azerbaijan and Israel cooperate closely in the field of energy: Israel buys 40 percent of its oil from Azerbaijan. [56][57], On September 30, 2012, it was reported that Azerbaijan and Israel jointly examined the use of Azerbaijani air bases and spy drones to help Israeli jets perform a long-range strike on Iran. [citation needed], Following an October 2001 meeting with Israeli ambassador Eitan Naeh, Azerbaijan's then president Heydar Aliyev declared that the two countries had identical positions in the fight against international terrorism. Israel is proud to have been one of the first nations to recognize the independent Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has been using Israeli drones against Armenians in the latest round of violence, Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, told Israel’s Walla news site last week. [53], In December 2016, during his visit to Azerbaijan the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Today we are negotiating not only for the supply of Azerbaijani oil, but also imports of Azerbaijani gas to Israel". Despite the challenges we face, we have both succeeded in creating thriving economies and vibrant, prosperous and peace-seeking societies. Armenia not only threatens Israel on the security front by participating in the nexus with Russia and Iran but also on the diplomatic front through calls—like the one issued by Navasardyan—to drive a “wedge” between Israel and its strongest Muslim-majority ally: Azerbaijan. Israel and Azerbaijan established diplomatic relations in April 1992. [12][13] A congratulatory letter to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu included:[14][15]. On the other hand, Azerbaijan has close links with Turkey, and the post-2006 worsening of Israel-Turkey relations may have repercussions on Azerbaijan's relations with Israel. According to U.N. statistics, between 1997 and 2004, exports from Azerbaijan to Israel increased from barely over US$2 million to $323 million, fueled in recent years by the high price of oil. In 2016, Azerbaijan used another Israeli kamikaze drone, an Israeli Aerospace Industries Harop-model, in an attack on a bus that killed seven Armenians. Israeli–Azerbaijani ties strengthened since the very early 1990s. Israel's reaction evidently did little to convince Yerevan. Azerbaijan has purchased billions of dollars of advanced lethal weapons from Israel in exchange for the sale of Azeri oil to Israel, which imports 40% of its oil from Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s military deployed Israeli-made drones against Armenian forces during the heavy fighting that erupted in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, an Azerbaijani official told a local Israeli outlet this week.

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