The Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Fariz Rzayev, landed in Israel on Wednesday with the goal of scouting out a site for the future embassy. Besides scouting out potential sites for an embassy, Rzayev will be meeting with former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo who is well-known and respected in Azerbaijan. Later, he will meet with Einat Schlein, the head of the Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) in the Foreign Ministry, and Aliza Ben-Nun, the ministry's policy directorate.
"The pact between our two countries is a wonder since it is not just based on mutual interests, but also on a mutual history between two peoples, who lived together for over one thousand years," he continued.
As reported, in November, the Azerbaijan parliament announced its historic decision to open an embassy in Israel.
The embassy will be located in Tel Aviv and will be the first embassy in Israel of a country with a Shi’ite majority and a Shi’ite government.
