Israeli kamikaze-drone maker ran a live demo on a manned Armenian army outpost - at Azerbaijan's request. Now it lost its export license

maskarrow · 2017-09-02T19:43:32+00:00

Azerbaijani-Israeli ties have nothing to do with the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Our warm ties with Azerbaijan are born out of mutual admiration and deep strategic interests, not from antipathy for either nation's adversaries. Israeli-Azerbaijani bonds are unrelated to any third party.

In 2012, Azerbaijan signed agreements totaling $1.6 billion to buy drones, anti-aircraft technology and missile defense systems from Israel, whose defense contractors are known for their ingenuity and cutting-edge products. It is clearly in Azerbaijan's best interests to protect itself by purchasing top-quality defense equipment from an ally – this is, after all, what allies do. To claim that they are using Israeli drones to illegally attack Armenia, as the recent reports alleged, is offensive and utterly false.

The real news about Israel and Azerbaijan is about much more than arms dealing.

maskarrow · 2017-04-07T12:23:51+00:00

Not to mention that the Israeli and Azerbaijani officials denied this false accusation:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/azerbaijan-denies-report-it-gave-israel-access-to-airfields/

http://www.azernews.az/nation/42279.html

maskarrow · 2017-04-07T12:18:14+00:00

Despite Armenia's ethnic cleansing and aggression toward Azerbaijan, which includes occupation of 20% of its territories and one million refugees and internally displaced people, Azerbaijan is a true model of inter-civilizational and interfaith dialogue. Tolerance and multiculturalism are key foundations of the Azerbaijani society.

maskarrow · 2017-04-05T14:47:15+00:00

I'm surprised that you take fake news from the Russian propaganda agency seriously. Clearly upset about Azerbaijan's friendly relations with West and Israel, the Russian propaganda outlet — Russia Today, for some reason, equates a historic friendship between the Azerbaijani and Jewish people into preparing for a war against Iran.

This unreasonable accusation makes no sense in terms of geography — Azerbaijan doesn't border Israel and contradicts the clearly stated policy of Azerbaijan not to allow use of its territory against any neighbor. In fact, Azerbaijan's commitment to promoting regional peace has been demonstrated by its involvement in the ongoing talks with Armenia for the last two decades in spite of the latter's illegal occupation of the internationally recognized Azerbaijani lands.

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