In Azerbaijan, Gantz discusses defense ties with president and other top officials

Protection Minister Benny Gantz on Monday wrapped up an official go to to Azerbaijan, the place he met with the nation’s President Ilham Aliyev and his Azeri counterpart, Zakir Hasanov.

Gantz’s go to targeted on safety and coverage points, with the purpose of fostering protection cooperation between Jerusalem and Baku, in response to his workplace.

Throughout the go to, Gantz additionally met with the Chief of the State Border Service Colonel Normal Elchin Guliyev and visited a State Border Service headquarters.

Gantz used his go to to “emphasize the significance of sustaining strategic relations between the State of Israel and the Republic of Azerbaijan,” and “mirrored on the adjustments within the Center East area following the signing of the Abraham Accords,” a press release from his workplace mentioned.

He and officers in Azerbaijan additionally “mentioned Israel’s creating ties with Turkey and extra nations within the area and the world.”

The protection minister’s go to comes simply two weeks after the newest spherical of preventing between Azerbaijan and its neighbor Armenia, over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area.

Protection Minister Benny Gantz on a state go to to Azerbaijan, October 3, 2022. (Nicole Laskavi/MOD)

In 2020, the neighboring nations fought a six-week lengthy conflict that claimed the lives of greater than 6,000 troopers and resulted in Azerbaijan conquering a number of the disputed territories, previous to a Russian-brokered peace ceasefire.

Israel has giant weapons offers with Azerbaijan, nevertheless, it doesn’t disclose particulars of the agreements.

In 2016, Aliyev mentioned his nation had purchased $4.85 billion in protection gear from the Jewish state, however Israel has by no means confirmed that determine.

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