Heading to Azerbaijan, Gallant says he will warn Baku about Iranian threats

12 July 2023, 7:04 pm

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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during an event marking 50 years since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, July 11, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Departing on an official visit to Azerbaijan, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says he will warn his counterparts in the nation — which shares a border with Iran — about Tehran’s malign activities.

“This visit is another step up in the ever-growing relations between Israel and Azerbaijan,” Gallant says in a statement before his departure.

The defense minister says he will “present to the Azerbaijanis the global danger of nuclear weapons in the hands of Iran,” as well as share details about “the dangerous actions Iran is taking within the borders of Israel, and is trying to do inside Israel as well as throughout the Middle East.”