Chronology of Israeli-Azerbaijani relations

2009

January 30

President Shimon Peres, participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, met with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

2008

January 24

Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni, participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, met with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

May 11

Israel celebrates 60th Anniversary by planting 60 trees from Israel in Heydar Aliyev Park in Guba.

May 15-18

Israel's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Shalom Simhon visited Azerbaijan. Israeli Minister met with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, Heydar Babayev, Minister of Economic Development and Ismat Abbasov, Minister of Agriculture.

June 2-3

Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure Benjamin Ben-Eliezer visited Baku to participate at the 15th Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition. He also met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Natig Aliyev, Minister of Industry and Energy, Rovnag Abdullayev, President of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan.   

July 7-8

Israel-Azerbaijan Construction Forum took place in Baku. Six Israeli companies attended the forum.

August 10 

The Presidents of Israel and Azerbaijan, Shimon Peres and Ilham Aliyev met in Beijing, China, while attending the opening of the Olympic Games.

November 12

Israel-Azerbaijan Hi-Tech Opportunity Seminar took place in Baku. Five Israeli companies attended the seminar.

2007

January 26 

Tzipi Livni, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, met with Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, within Davos Forum, Switzerland. 

February 18-21

Heydar Babayev, Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, visited Israel. Agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments, the first economic agreement between Israel and Azerbaijan, was signed during the visit.

March 20-21

Kamaladdin Heydarov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Emergency Situations, visited Israel and watched an Israeli national emergency preparedness exercise.

April 12

Azerbaijan-Israel International Assosiation (AzIz) was established in Israel. Nazim Ibrahimov, Chairman of the State Committee of Azerbaijanis Living in Foreign Countries, and three Israeli Ministers: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation Shaul Mofaz, Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Liberman and Minister of Tourism Yitzhak Aharonovitch participated at the Constituent Assembly of AzIz. Nazim Ibrahimov led a large delegation that included leaders of Azerbaijan's Jewish Community and famous cultural figures.

April 16-18

Israeli Knesset Members - Deputy Speaker Amnon Cohen, Gideon Saar, Ran Cohen and Robert Ilatov visited Azerbaijan as guests of SOHNUT - Jewish Agency and met with Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan.

June 11-12 

Yossi Gal, Senior Deputy Director General of Israel’s MFA, visited Azerbaijan

June 11-15 

Ziya Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Transport, visited Israel.

June 21 

Mugham concert marking 15th anniversary of Israel-Azerbaijan diplomatic relations took place in Baku. Israeli mugham musician Yinon Muallem together with Bayimkhanim Mirzayeva, Elchin Hashimov, Elnur Ahmadov, Kamran Karimov (Azerbaijan), Yurdal Tokcan and Sardar Pazarchioglu (Turkey) performed at the State Philharmonic Hall. Concert was later broadcast on Space TV.

June 25-26 

First Israel-Azerbaijan Telecommunications Forum took place in Baku. 9 Israeli companies attended the forum.

August 16-18

Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman visited Azerbaijan and met with the President Ilham Aliyev.

November 1-2

Azerbaijan Minister of Ecology and Environment Protection Huseyn Bagirov visited Israel and participated at WATEC conference. Azerbaijani minister met with Gideon Ezra, Israel's Minister of the Environment and representatives of several companies dealing with water management and technology.

2006

February 20-21

Agribusiness trade delegation from Israel visited Azerbaijan to participate in bilateral trade forum.

May 16

Yosef Chagall, a native of Baku, returns to the city of his birth as a member of Israel’s Knesset. He met with Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister.

June 6

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure visited Azerbaijan to participate in the annual Caspian Oil&Gas Conference and Exhibition in Baku. He met with President Ilham Aliyev and a range of Azerbaijani officials. A trade delegation accompanied the Minister in his visit.

June

President Ilham Aliyev met with deputy Prime-Minister of Israel Shimon Peres in Astana, Kazakhstan.

2005

May 25

Leonid Ptashka, a reknown Azerbaijan Israeli jazz pianist returns to Baku, together with Shlomo Gronich, to perform at Baku’s Philharmonic.   

June 14 – July 16

Ismat Abbasov, Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, visited Israel.

June 26 – July 1

Abulfaz Garayev, Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism of Azerbaijan visited Israel

September 13

Ilham Aliyev received credentials from Arthur Lenk, forth Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

2004

November 7

Ali Abbasov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Communication and Information Technologies, visited Israel to participate in Israel’s Telecom Exhibition

2002

December

Huseyn Bagirov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, visited Israel

2001

January 15

President Heydar Aliyev received Nawaf Massallah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

October 22

President Heydar Aliyev received credentials from Eytan Naeh, third Ambassador of Israel to Azerbaijan.

2000

September 6

President Heydar Aliyev met with Ehud Barak, Prime-Minister of Israel, in the United States.       

1999

April 23

President Heydar Aliyev visited the United States National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.

August 22-24

A delegation of four Knesset members from Israel visited Azerbaijan and met with Prime-Minister Arthur Rasizadeh and speaker of Milli Majlis Murtuz Alaskarov.

November 18

Attending summit of OSCE in Turkey President Heydar Aliyev, met with Ehud Barak, Prime-Minister of Israel.

December 4

President Heydar Aliyev received Efraim Sneh, Israeli Deputy Minister of Defense.

 1998

January

Vafa Guluzadeh, Foreign Policy advisor for President Heydar Aliyev, visited Israel.

April 30

Heydar Aliyev attended the official reception dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel, prepared by Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan. 

1997

April 15

President Heydar Aliyev received the credentials of Arkadi Milman, second Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

August 29

Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime-Minister of Israel, made a short visit to Baku and met with President Heydar Aliyev.

1996

January 11

Attending funeral ceremony of ex-president of France Francois Mitterand, President Heydar Aliyev met with Shimon Peres, Prime-Minister of Israel.

April 16

President Heydar Aliyev delivered a speech to Jewish Community marking Holocaust Memorial Day.

August 1

President Heydar Aliyev received a delegation led by Abraham Burg, Director of the Jewish Agency “Sochnut”.

December 2

President Heydar Aliyev met with Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime-Minister of Israel, during a meeting of Heads of States of OSCE in Lisbon. 

1995

January 28

Participating in World Economic Forum in Switzerland President Heydar Aliyev, met with Shimon Peres, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel

March 9

Ephraim Sneh, Israel’s Minister of Health visits Azerbaijan in first visit of Israeli Minister to Azerbaijan. Minister Sneh meets President Heydar Aliyev and other senior officials

October 22

Attending a UNGA session in the USA President Heydar Aliyev met with Yitzhak Rabin, Prime-Minister of Israel.

November 6

President Heydar Aliyev visited Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan and expressed his condolences regarding a death of Yitzhak Rabin, Prime-Minister of Israel, following assasination.

1994

March 22

President Heydar Aliyev received Eliazer Yotvat, first Ambassador of Israel to Azerbaijan.

1993

December 6

President Heydar Aliyev received Efraim Sneh, member of Israeli Parliament.