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Monday, January 5, 2026
Azerbaijan says it won’t send troops to International Stabilization Force in Gaza
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Azerbaijan has no intention of sending a contingent of its troops to take part in peacekeeping operations outside its borders, including in the International Stabilization Force in Gaza, President Ilham Aliyev says.
Aliyev, interviewed by Azeri television channels, says Azerbaijan had been in contact with Donald Trump’s US administration with a list of questions about the operation of a peacekeeping force in Gaza.
“We prepared a questionnaire of more than 20 questions and provided it to the American side. No participation in peacekeeping forces is envisaged,” Aliyev says.
“I am not considering participation in hostilities outside Azerbaijan at all.”
Baku has been leaning in this direction for some time, as reported last month by The Times of Israel.
Additionally, an Azeri government source had said in November that Azerbaijan would provide no troops for such an operation unless there was a complete halt to fighting between Israel and terror group Hamas.
No country has confirmed its participation in the Trump-envisioned Gaza Stabilization Force to date.
Indonesia is the only country to have publicly expressed its readiness to participate in the ISF, even declaring in November that it is prepared to dispatch 20,000 troops, though it has been mum on the issue ever since.
The Times of Israel Community.