Jerusalem and Baku have forged a “strategic partnership” with relations between the two nations at an all-time high and only expected to grow, a senior Azerbaijani presidential representative said Monday.
The remarks come four months after secular Azerbaijan made history by, despite repeated violence and threats from neighboring Iran, becoming the first Shi’ite Muslim country to open an embassy in Israel. The diplomatic landmark was the product of a three-decade-old covert and overt relationship rooted in a centuries-long affinity between the two nations, which has blossomed from a people-to-people relationship to a robust security- and energy-related focus.
