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ISRAEL BACKS AZERBAIJAN AS STRATEGIC PARTNER
New Europe
Nov 1 2012
On 29 October, Israel said that Tel Aviv considers Azerbaijan as a
strategic partner in the South Caucasus and will continue to do so.
"Political relations between the two countries have always been good,
and economic relations have reached a high level on their background,"
deputy director of the department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on
Central Asia and the Caucasus, Alex Goldman-Shayman, told Azerbaijani
journalists, Azerbaijan's Trend news agency reported.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war
in the 1990s that left some 30,000 dead, and no final peace deal has
been signed since the 1994 ceasefire.
According to head of the department of the ministry on Eurasia, Oded
Joseph, Israel, as a conflict-affected country, understands the pain
of Baku in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and always supported the
efforts for a peaceful resolution of this problem.
Joseph said Israeli Foreign Ministry is against illegal visits to the
Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan. "The ministry warned its
citizens of it and encouraged to abandon such visits," Joseph said.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Israel have increased considerably
since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two
countries. Goldman-Shayman said energy co-operation plays an important
role in the economic relations. "The positions of the two countries
agree on many key issues," he said.
Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov has expressed his country's
interest in attracting Azerbaijani investment to its tourism industry.
"The Israeli government is ready to support Azerbaijani investors in
all fields, particularly in the tourism one," he said.
Misezhnikov noted the Ministry had submitted to the Israeli government
a draft programme to reduce the prices of tourism services in the
country, expressing confidence "this will definitely play an important
role in increasing the flow of tourists from Azerbaijan".
"Official figures suggest that today the number of the Azerbaijani
tourists visiting Israel is very small, only about two thousand
people. But the ministry is interested in increasing this figure."
The Minister said it was not ruled out that the visa regime between
the two countries would be simplified in the future with the aim of
boosting the number of tourists.
Israel has said Tel Aviv is also ready to share its experience
with Azerbaijan on purification of sea water and provide the latest
technology in this field.
http://www.neurope.eu/article/israel-backs-azerbaijan-strategic-partner
New Europe
Nov 1 2012
On 29 October, Israel said that Tel Aviv considers Azerbaijan as a
strategic partner in the South Caucasus and will continue to do so.
"Political relations between the two countries have always been good,
and economic relations have reached a high level on their background,"
deputy director of the department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on
Central Asia and the Caucasus, Alex Goldman-Shayman, told Azerbaijani
journalists, Azerbaijan's Trend news agency reported.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war
in the 1990s that left some 30,000 dead, and no final peace deal has
been signed since the 1994 ceasefire.
According to head of the department of the ministry on Eurasia, Oded
Joseph, Israel, as a conflict-affected country, understands the pain
of Baku in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and always supported the
efforts for a peaceful resolution of this problem.
Joseph said Israeli Foreign Ministry is against illegal visits to the
Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan. "The ministry warned its
citizens of it and encouraged to abandon such visits," Joseph said.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Israel have increased considerably
since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two
countries. Goldman-Shayman said energy co-operation plays an important
role in the economic relations. "The positions of the two countries
agree on many key issues," he said.
Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov has expressed his country's
interest in attracting Azerbaijani investment to its tourism industry.
"The Israeli government is ready to support Azerbaijani investors in
all fields, particularly in the tourism one," he said.
Misezhnikov noted the Ministry had submitted to the Israeli government
a draft programme to reduce the prices of tourism services in the
country, expressing confidence "this will definitely play an important
role in increasing the flow of tourists from Azerbaijan".
"Official figures suggest that today the number of the Azerbaijani
tourists visiting Israel is very small, only about two thousand
people. But the ministry is interested in increasing this figure."
The Minister said it was not ruled out that the visa regime between
the two countries would be simplified in the future with the aim of
boosting the number of tourists.
Israel has said Tel Aviv is also ready to share its experience
with Azerbaijan on purification of sea water and provide the latest
technology in this field.
http://www.neurope.eu/article/israel-backs-azerbaijan-strategic-partner