The "Fact" daily writes:
Azerbaijani Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the President, Hikmet Haji, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the official statement, the parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Israel, as well as regional events.
Touching upon this topic, Telegramyan channel of "Republic Square" reminds that according to the Stockholm International Institute (SIPRI) study, 70% of Azerbaijan's armaments in 2016-2020 was Israel.
On the other hand, Azerbaijan is one of the main suppliers of Israel oil. The Israeli economy has a significant dependence on Azerbaijani oil, and Azerbaijan wants to equip its army after the Artsakh war. about which are capable of filming the surface of the Earth in an unusually high resolution. The cost of satellites, according to the Israeli Economic Newspaper Globes, is $ 120 million.
An agreement has also been reached that the Israeli manufacturer will prepare a qualified personnel for the work and technical control of the purchased equipment, "said the Israeli company Soltam supplies mortar and the company, Tadiran Communicities, and Israeli Military Industries. Missiles. Israel also supplies drones to Baku. In recent years, Azerbaijan has purchased heron, hermes-450, hermes-900 drones. It is also noted that Azerbaijan-Israel economic ties are not limited to oil trade.
The countries also cooperate in agricultural, information technology and medicine. "The Jewish community and structures of Azerbaijan, as well as Azerbaijani similar structures in Israel, also contribute to the development of bilateral relations. It should be noted that there are many Jewish organizations, schools, synagogues, educational and cultural associations, including the "Sokhnut" agency Hessed-Hershon, the Public-Cultural JCC Center, and the Youth War is published in Baku. In addition, the Azerbaijani community is also active in Israel, which is united around the organization called the Middle East. In addition, the Israeli-Azerbaijan International Association also operates in Israel.
According to the authors, for Israel Iran is the number one military-political opponent in the Middle East. "If Lebanon and Syria were a platform against Iran, Azerbaijan is a military base against Iran, where the Jewish state is investigating itself against Iran." Israel is in the border areas of Azerbaijan and Iran, the Araksi Valley, has military and intelligence. Israeli specialists and ATS have provided significant assistance in the upgrading of the Azerbaijani army during the period prior to the Artsakh war.
Iran's disintegration is in Israel's interests, and Azerbaijan may establish its control over Iranian Azerbaijan, in the framework of Pan-Turkic strategy. The Anglo-Saxon forces contributed to the strengthening of these ties, which have formed the Israeli-Turkish-Azerbaijani coalition against Iran, "the authors said that Iran's empowerment is not in the interests of Israel and Azerbaijan, and in this respect the Azerbaijani-Israeli positions coincide.