Ilham Aliyev

Time for a reset: Amid institutional paralysis, Trump and Aliyev call for a UN overhaul - opinion

The joint message is clear: the UN must adapt to the realities of the 21st century or risk irrelevance.

|ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
US President Donald Trump listens to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev as he speaks during a trilateral signing event with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), at the White House, in Washington, DC, August 8, 2025.
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev speaks during a signing event with U.S. President Donald Trump and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), at the White House, in Washington, DC, August 8, 2025.

Azerbaijan President Aliyev extends Jewish community Rosh Hashanah greeting

“I sincerely congratulate you on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah and extend my best wishes,” the Azeri head of state wrote.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev met with Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog at the Munich Security Conference in February 2024.

Israel becomes Azerbaijan’s leading oil customer with $300 million imported in January

As Azerbaijan addresses its own geopolitical conflict with Armenia, ties with Israel continue to improve – despite international pressure on both countries.

|ByMAARIV ONLINE
Azerbaijan's ambassador to Israel, Mukhtar Mammadov, presents his credentials to President Isaac Herzog on March 26, 2023.

Mediate Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, scholars urge Israel's Isaac Herzog

A group of Israeli academics and activists have implored President Herzog to intervene in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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Gallant meets Azerbaijan President to cooperate on security challenges

Numerous global media reports have assessed that Israeli intelligence forces have used the porous Iran-Azerbaijan border for operations.

JULY 13, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a recognition ceremony for the IDF reserve soldiers, in the Israeli parliament on June 13, 2023.

Gallant takes off for Azerbaijan in shadow of Iran terror, nuke threats

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with meet Azerbaijani leaders to discuss strengthening relations between Israel and Azerbaijan.

JULY 12, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Yoav Gallant. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)

High alert for Iranian disruption of Herzog visit to Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is “a friendly state, a key state with a lot of areas of cooperation,” said Herzog.

MAY 30, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
President Isaac Herzog and Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku, on May 29, 2023

Azerbaijan to open embassy in Israel, MKs send congratulations

A group of MKs and ministers sent their congratulations to Azerbaijan, while also expressing support against French calls to sanction the country.

JANUARY 2, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Azerbaijani and Israeli flags.

Aliyev’s friendship

Israel’s unlikely ally in Azerbaijan

MAY 30, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban