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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-722774
Azerbaijan to Open Embassy in Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - Azerbaijan is to become the first Shi'ite-majority Muslim state to open an embassy in Israel, following parliamentary approval on Friday. The new embassy will be in Tel Aviv, where the country already has tourism and trade representative offices. Israel and Azerbaijan have had relations for 30 years, and there has been an Israeli embassy in Baku since 1993. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found that 69% of Azerbaijan's arms imports in 2016-2020 came from Israel. 40% of the petroleum imported to Israel comes from Azerbaijan.