Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s diplomatic rise is no coincidence. Years of energy-driven partnerships and strategic foresight have transformed Baku into a reliable regional actor.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry also congratulated Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders, as well as Trump.

There remained only one obstacle, said Suleymanov, which was for Armenia to amend its constitution to remove a reference to Nagorno-Karabakh.

The deal between the South Caucasus rivals - assuming it holds - would be a significant accomplishment for the Trump administration.

The US president added that his administration has been engaged with both Armenia and Azerbaijan "for quite some time," and that the two leaders would join him at the White House.

Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani are scheduled to attend the meeting, which will focus on the security situation in southern Syria.

Azerbaijan offers a valuable and practical model, both in post-conflict recovery and in the realms of societal resilience and foreign policy.

Aliyev’s public praise of Trump is not just rhetoric. It reflects decades of quiet strategic ties with Israel and a rare opportunity to expand the Abraham Accords eastward.

It seems that there is now concern in Washington that Damascus is not able to hold things together. Israel has played a complex role in this.

Inside the kurgan is a three-chamber vault. The first holds a warrior leader buried semi-flexed, holding a rare four-pronged bronze spearhead - an extraordinary archaeological find.