Top Azeri Diplomat Praises Ties With Israel on First-Ever Visit
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Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said he was “pleased” to see his mostly Shiite Muslim nation on Iran’s northern border cementing ties with Israel as he completed a three-day visit to the Jewish state.
Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan’s first foreign minister to visit Israel, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and other Israeli officials during his April 21-23 trip, saying the visit will help expand ties further, his office said today by e-mail.