Azerbaijan to open embassy in Israel, the first Muslim Shi’ite country to do so

 

The Azerbaijani parliament on Friday approved a proposal to open an embassy in Israel. The historic decision will make Azerbaijan the first Shi’ite Muslim country to open an embassy in the Jewish state. Israel has an embassy in Baku, Azerbaijani capital. In June 2021, the media of the two countries reported the opening of Azerbaijani trade and tourism offices in Tel Aviv, which came almost 30 years after the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.