Baku Raves About Exerting Pressure on Israel to Foil Armenian Genocide Recognition

Azerbaijani official: Baku pushed Israel to halt Armenian genocide recognition

A top adviser to the Azerbaijani president said Israel took Baku's objections 'seriously' and prevented the issue from advancing to a government vote, corroborating earlier Haaretz reporting that Netanyahu reversed the scheduled decision

Baku Raves About Exerting Pressure on Israel to Foil Armenian Genocide Recognition

Azerbaijan’s government on Tuesday admitted that it exerted pressure on Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to foil a vote by that country’s parliament—the Knesset—to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Israeli cabinet recognized the Armenian Genocide, in what has been largely seen as a move to antagonize Ankara, amid the continuing turmoil in the Middle East. That recognition would have needed approval by the Knesset, which went…

Azerbaijan Admits It Forced Israel to Bury the Armenian Genocide Recognition Vote, Citing "Brotherly Turkey" - ZARTONK | Homeland Meets Diaspora | Latest Armenian News | Breaking News and Videos

A senior aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has confirmed that Baku pressured Israel to drop its recognition of the Armenian Genocide, telling Turkish television that the intervention was carried out to protect the interests of “brotherly Turkey.” Hikmet Hajiyev, Aliyev’s foreign policy adviser, said in an interview with the Turkish news channel Haber Global that Israel’s move to recognize the genocide was a “red line” for Baku. “Since t…