Netanyahu to visit Azerbaijan in May, will discuss Syria, Abraham Accords with its leader

By Lazar Berman

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24 April 2025, 1:26 pm Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 24, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Baku in the first half of May to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, two sources tell The Times of Israel.

They will discuss talks between Turkey and Israel over Syria, which Azerbaijan has mediated.

They will also discuss plans to formally connect Azerbaijan with the Abraham Accord framework and various initiatives, and to strengthen bilateral ties as well as trilateral ties with the US.

Earlier this month, Aliyev met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the same day.

In March, US special envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Baku to meet with Aliyev.