Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s postponement of his visit to Azerbaijan is an unfortunate event. At a time when Israel is conducting active military operations on several fronts, the fact that Netanyahu’s visit to Baku was planned to last five days indicated the importance of the trip. Now it appears that the significant factors which necessitated this five-day visit have disappeared.

Axar.az reports that political analyst Khagani Jafarli made this statement.

“It’s clear that Netanyahu postponed his trip to Baku due to the rising likelihood of military conflict between Israel and Turkiye in Syria. After Israel struck bases of the Sultan Murad and Suleyman Shah brigades supported by Turkiye in Syria, relations between the two countries have become extremely tense. The possibility of a direct confrontation between Turkiye and Israel in Syria has increased significantly. Such a situation undermines Azerbaijan’s efforts to mediate between the two countries. On the other hand, Netanyahu’s five-day visit to Baku could have forced Azerbaijan to choose between Turkiye and Israel.

It seems that the Israeli leadership, not wanting to put Azerbaijan—a country it considers an ally and values greatly—into such a difficult position, has postponed Netanyahu’s five-day visit to Baku indefinitely,” the analyst said.