Israel also gets a large amount of its oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan. For these reasons, the State of Israel sold weapons to Azerbaijan and should continue to do so, even though Armenia has recently recalled its ambassador over these arms sales. Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan urged Israel to stop selling weapons to Azerbaijan, saying “Arms trade to Azerbaijan is fatal.” Azerbaijan was the second-largest buyer of Israeli weapons after India between 2014 and 2018. Israeli-made weapons played an exceptional role in Azerbaijan’s victory in Second Karabakh War – MFA (UPDATE) Politics 5 April 2021 14:32 (UTC+04:00) … "Israel imports quite a large amount of its oil from Azerbaijan and Israel exports to Azerbaijan weapons," she said. Israeli support for Azerbaijan has meanwhile had a detrimental effect on its relations with Yerevan. Back in 2016, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that they had bought $ 5 billion worth of weapons and ammunition from Israel. The two countries have signed defense agreements together, and it is believed that Israel provides the Azeri military with 60 percent of its weapons. Armenia’s ambassador to Israel, who was on home leave, was told to remain there, in a typical act of diplomatic censure. The Republic of Armenia announced Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Israel due to Israeli weapon sales to its bitter enemy Azerbaijan, as heavy fighting between the … To cover and balance some of the rising cost of the weapons, Israel buys oil from Azerbaijan. The Jerusalem Post also explained Israel’s position: Azerbaijan is a close partner of Israel and supplies up to 40% of the oil it consumes. In 2017, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported that Baku had purchased $127 million worth of military technology from Jerusalem. Israel’s contribution to the Turkish-Azerbaijani arsenal. A curious triangle that shows that, when talking about businesses and millions of dollars in arms sales, religious or other issues take a back seat. Israel and Azerbaijan are major trading partners. by Raul Diego October 19th, 2020 Over the past decade Israeli defense companies have sold, with the Israeli government’s blessing, billions of dollars worth of advanced military hardware to Azerbaijan. The weapons, drones and artilleries sent from Israel are being used against peaceful population of Nagorno-Karabakh causing deaths and injuries. Hoping to profit, protect an important source of oil, and to antagonize nearby Iran, Israel is selling drones and weapons to Azerbaijan, fueling the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to Lee’s analysis of Azerbaijani videos of attacks on Armenian targets, there are other Israeli weapons being used. The Armenian and Nagorno Karabakh flags sway in the wind in the old city of Jerusalem’s Armenian quarter on October 7, 2020, as a display of support with … Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian called President Reuven Rivlin on Monday, expressing his concern over the continued sale of Israeli weapons to Azerbaijan. At 1:55 the video shows a launch of the IAI Harop loitering munition system. Azerbaijan has agreed to buy $1.6 billion in weapons from Israel, a massive deal that is likely Azerbaijan's largest single arms purchase ever. Israel maintains broad strategic relations with Azerbaijan, and according to reports, Israel supplies Baku with many weapons. Two weeks ago, Israel offered to provide humanitarian aid to Armenia as well, but it has not yet responded to the offer. Israelis may justify their relationship with Azerbaijan in realpolitik consideration: In its crudest terms, it is a relationship based on a weapons-for-energy calculation. Israel in the South Caucasus . According to various sources, Jerusalem delivered arms to Baku worth at least $ 140 million in 2017, Novaya Gazeta reported. The video, which clocks in at 4 minutes and 15 seconds, shows local singer Narmin Karimbayova exalting the Azerbaijan State Border Service… Advanced Israeli weapons sold to Azerbaijan exposed in army-produced pop music video Credit: Azerbaijan State border service. Hoping to profit, protect an important source of oil, and to antagonize nearby Iran, Israel is selling drones and weapons to Azerbaijan, fueling the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The other precision-guided weapons Azerbaijan has employed so far in the conflict are small glide bombs dropped from its Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drones and various Israeli … Importantly, these imports helped Azerbaijan amass a fleet of military drones, which overwhelmed Armenia's air defence systems and turned the tide in Baku's favour. The deal will include drones, anti-aircraft and missile defense systems, Israeli officials have told news agencies. A music video celebrating Azerbaijan’s border guards and showcasing the Azeri army’s military capabilities has revealed that advanced weapons systems made by the Israeli defense industry are being used by the Azeri army. Azerbaijan is the third largest importer of Israeli weapons after India and Vietnam. On the eve of the Jewish new year, Armenia officially opened its Embassy in Israel. The minister stressed that the citizens of Israel of Azerbaijani origin organized rallies in protest against the Armenian aggression and expressed solidarity with Azerbaijan. Israel has provided Azerbaijan with sophisticated armed drones that have proven effective in combat, despite a few being shot down by the Armenian air defneses. And Baku is a long-standing, traditional buyer of Israeli weapons, in particular, drones and missile systems. Such an effort implies that Israel, who needs more peace, is siding with Azerbaijan to revive its war and animosity against Armenians, instead of playing a peace-seeking role. Military aircraft that delivered weapons from Israel to Azerbaijan in recent months. The Azerbaijani army used some of those weapons, notably sophisticated anti-tank rockets and attack drones, during April 2016 hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. "Now Israeli weapons are used by Azerbaijan to target civilians and civilian infrastructure in Artsakh and Armenia. Moreover, according to foreign sources, Mossad established a station in Azerbaijan… A Christian country (Armenia) tells a Jewish country (Israel) to stop selling weapons to a Muslim country (Azerbaijan). It is estimated that Israel provides about 60 percent of Azerbaijan’s weapons. Israel may halt commercial weapon sales to Azerbaijan, Armenian Ambassador to Israel Armen Smbatyan told The Jerusalem Post, as fighting intensified for the ninth day between the two countries. The Harop is an anti-radiation drone that can autonomously zero in on radio emissions. Recognition of the genocide The purchases from Israel, one of the world’s top eight arms exporters, have made up 69 percent of Azerbaijan’s arms imports in 2016-2020, according to SIPRI. This is what is likely to happen with Israeli weapons in Azerbaijan. In 2016, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Azerbaijan had bought $5 billion worth of weapons from Israel (unmanned aerial vehicles and satellite systems). In recent years, Israel has become one of the main suppliers of weapons to Azerbaijan. Two months ago, I visited in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), and met a courageous and determined people.