
Explainer | Is an Azerbaijan–Israel–US alliance on the cards?
While a common front against Iran may be what the US and Israel are seeking from a trilateral alliance, Baku is unlikely to openly confront Tehran.
While a common front against Iran may be what the US and Israel are seeking from a trilateral alliance, Baku is unlikely to openly confront Tehran.
Azerbaijan has had longstanding positive relations with Israel for years already.
The meeting was the latest to take place between Israeli and Syrian officials in Baku since the fall of al-Assad’s regime.
Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili wrote a message of ‘solidarity’ in a condolence book at the event, prompting protests from Israel and US politicians.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called the allegations an ‘open provocation’.
Pezeshkian’s statement follows weeks of circulating accusations from Iranian media.
Kadyrov also accused Israel and the West of committing a genocide against the Palestinian people.