Herzog meets with Azerbaijani, Swiss presidents on sidelines of World Economic Forum

Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

President Isaac Herzog (left) meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
President Isaac Herzog (left) meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

President Isaac Herzog holds meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Swiss President Guy Parmelin during his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to a statement from his office.

During their meeting, Herzog and Aliyev discussed ways “to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties,” while Herzog and Parmelin spoke about “deepening cooperation” in the fields of “trade, innovation, science, and technology,” according to the brief readouts.

Herzog also spoke with the CEO of US chip giant Nvidia, Jensen Huang, at the forum, and discussed the release of former hostage Avinatan Or, an Nvidia employee, from Hamas captivity last year, as well as plans for Nvidia to build a new campus in northern Israel and for Huang to soon visit.

“What a miracle,” Huang says about Or’s return in a video from the president’s office, telling the president that Or “was so amazed when he came out [of captivity] that he was still employed,” and joking that “he has so much work” to catch up on.

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