I ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o nā hoalauna o Azerbaijan, ʻo Georgia a me Rūsia, i ka makahiki o ka hakakā kaua i hū ʻia i ʻAukake 2008, ua hōʻike ʻo Azerbaijan i kāna kulekele ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he kaulike a kūʻokoʻa. ʻO kekahi mau kipa pelekikena kiʻekiʻe i Baku i kēia kauwela e hōʻike ana e lilo ana ke kapikala ʻo Azerbaijani i mea nui o nā hoʻomohala geopolitical kūloko. ʻOiai ʻo Pelekikena Polani ʻo Aleksander Kwasniewski a me kāna hoa Lūkini ʻo Dmitry Medvedev i kipa aku iā Baku no nā kumu waiwai maoli, ʻoi aku ka pololei e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia o ka ikehu, ʻo nā kipa ʻana o ka Pelekikena Israel Shimon Peres a me ka Pelekikena Suria Bashar al-Asad i huki nui i ka manaʻo.

ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana a Peres ka mea nui o ka hoʻoikaika hou ʻana o ka pilina Israel-Azerbaijani. Ua hauʻoli nā ʻāina ʻelua i ka ulu ʻana i ke kālepa, me ka ʻIseraʻela e kūʻai aku nei ma kahi o 25 pakeneka o kāna ʻai aila kūloko mai Azerbaijan. Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Baku i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoihoi i ka ʻoihana pale, ka mahiʻai, ka mākaʻikaʻi, a me nā ʻenehana ʻike ʻikepili. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he hōʻailona ka huakaʻi ma ke ʻano o ka pilina bilateral, akā i loko o ke ʻano o ke kamaʻilio ʻana o nā civilizations, ʻoiai ʻo ia i hoʻomau i kāna huakaʻi ma ka hele ʻana i Kazakhstan, kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe a me ka honua Muslim-nui, i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻIseraʻela. nā loulou me ka honua Muslim. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Semyon Ikhiilov, ke poʻo o ka Community of Mountain Jews ma Azerbaijan: "E hele mai ana ʻo Pelekikena Peres i Baku e hāpai i ka maluhia" (Trend News, Iune 23).

Eia naʻe, ʻo kāna kipa ʻana iā Baku i hoʻohewa nui ʻia mai nā pōʻai politika Iran. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ke alakaʻi o Iran i kāna ʻelele mai Baku no "ka wehewehe ʻana i kekahi mau pilikia," a ua hana kekahi poʻe kālai'āina Iran a me ka pūʻali koa i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoweliweli iā Azerbaijan (Trend News, Iune 30). Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia e ka ʻaoʻao Iran "he hōʻailona o ka mahalo ʻole i ka honua Islam," a ua koi ʻia e pani i ka ʻelele ʻIseraʻela ma Baku (www.day.az, Iune 30). Ua wikiwiki ka pane a Baku, ua haʻi ke Kuhina o ko nā ʻāina ʻē ʻo Elmar Mammadyarov "He mea kāhāhā loa ka pane o Iran iā mākou. Ua hui mau nā luna o Iran me nā poʻe kālai'āina kahiko o ʻAmenia, a ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Azerbaijan i kēia mau hālāwai" (Trend News, Iune 30).

ʻO nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ke keʻena pelekikena ma Baku i hele hou aku i kā lākou pane. Ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo o ke keʻena kālai'āina o ka pelekikena ʻo Ali Hasanov, "ʻAʻole i hoʻopili ʻo Azerbaijan i nā hana kūloko o kekahi mokuʻāina, a ʻaʻole ia e ʻae i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hoʻopili i kāna mau hana kūloko. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine mākou i ka ʻaoʻao Iran i ka hui pū ʻana me Armenia, ka mea i noho i nā ʻāina ʻo Azerbaijani, kūʻē i ka lokahi o ka honua Islam" (Aztv, Iune 4).

ʻO kāna hoa hana ʻo Novruz Mammadov, ke poʻo o ka ʻoihana pili honua i ka hoʻokele pelekikena i hoʻohui ʻia "ʻaʻole ʻo ʻAzerbaijan e ʻimi nei i nā hana kūʻē i nā pono o Iran" (APA News, Iune 8). Pēlā nō, ua hōʻike aku kekahi mau lālā o ka pāremata ʻo Azerbaijani i ka hauʻoli i ka paʻakikī o ka ʻōlelo Iranian. ʻOiai ʻo kēia hoʻololi kūʻē kūʻē ma waena o Tehran a me Baku, ua hele ka kipa ʻana o ka pelekikena ʻIseraʻela a ua kūleʻa loa. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa iā Baku Artur Lenk, e kamaʻilio ana ma ka Center for Strategic Studies ma Baku, "hiki i nā pilina ma waena o ʻIseraʻela a me Azerbaijan ke lilo i kumu hoʻohālike no ka pilina o ka ʻIseraʻela me ka honua Muslim."

I ka hopena, ua hoʻi ka ʻelele Iran i Baku. Ua koi ke poʻo o ke keʻena ʻoihana pelekikena no ka loiloi kālai'āina ʻo Elnur Aslanov i nā ʻaoʻao āpau e pale i ka "manaʻo politika e pili ana i ka pilina Iranian-Azerbaijan" (Novosti-Azerbaijan, Iune 30). Eia kekahi, ua loaʻa iā Azerbaijan kahi manawa hou e hoʻoikaika ai i kona pilina me ka honua Muslim ma o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka Pelekikena Suria Bashar al-Asad. ʻO kēia ka huakaʻi mua a ka Pelekikena Suria i Baku, a ua hōʻike ʻia ma ka pāpaho he mea koʻikoʻi ia no Azerbaijan, ʻoiai ʻo Suria kekahi o nā mea pāʻani nui ma ka ʻāina a hoʻokipa pū kekahi i kahi diaspora Armenian nui. ʻO ka diplomacy Azerbaijani, e manaʻo ana e hoʻopaʻa i ke kākoʻo hou aʻe mai ka honua Islam ma luna o Karabakh, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Al-Asad iā Baku, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kekahi mau poʻokela Komohana. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā palapala 18 e pili ana i ka hui bilateral ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua a ua hōʻike ʻo Asad i ka hoihoi e kūʻai aku i 1 biliona cubic mika o ke kinoea i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai Azerbaijan (Azertaj News, Iulai 10).

ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe a Peres lāua ʻo Asad e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka papa kūʻokoʻa o Baku i kāna kulekele ʻē aʻe, a me ka ulu ʻana o ka geostrategic koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki iā Baku ke hoʻokipa i kekahi alakaʻi honua, ʻoiai ke koi ʻia e nā mana kūloko a me nā mana ʻē aʻe, e kuhikuhi ana i ke kulekele pragmatic, hilinaʻi, a me ka hoihoi o ke alakaʻi ʻana o Azerbaijani. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Giragosian, he mea loiloi politika Armenian kaulana a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Armenian Center for Strategic and National Studies ma Erevan, "ʻo nā kipa hou ʻana o nā pelekikena o ʻIseraʻela a me Suria e hōʻoia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi o Azerbaijan, a ua hopohopo nui kēia iā Armenia. nui”

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This was the first visit by the Syrian President to Baku, and it was portrayed in the media as being significant for Azerbaijan, since Syria is one of the major players in the region and it also hosts a large Armenian diaspora.
Indeed, the visit was symbolic not only in terms of bilateral relations, but also within the framework of the dialogue of civilizations, as he continued his trip by going to Kazakhstan, another moderate and secular Muslim-majority country, in an effort to strengthen Israel’s links with the Muslim world.
The Israeli Ambassador to Baku Artur Lenk, speaking at the Center for Strategic Studies in Baku said that “relations between Israel and Azerbaijan can be an example for Israel’s relations with the Muslim world.