Министр обороны Израиля посетил Грузию и Азербайджан

В четверг в Азербайджан в рамках своего первого визита прибыл министр обороны Израиля Авигдор Либерман. Утром он провел встречу с президентом Азербайджана Ильхамом Алиевым. Азербайджан "является одним из крупнейших рынков для израильского оружия и источником 40 процентов поставляемой в Израиль нефти", сообщает Jerusalem Post в своем онлайн-издании.

По данным Стокгольмского международного института исследований проблем мира (SIPRI), организация, которая следит за глобальным рынком продаж оружия, Израиль был самым крупным экспортером вооружений в Азербайджане за последние два года, поставив вооружений на сумму в 385 млн долларов США. Азербайджан стал вторым по величине получателем израильского оружия в 2016 году после Индии и третьим по величине в 2017 году после Индии и Вьетнама.

Визит Либермана последовал за визитом премьер-министра Биньямина Нетаньяху в Баку, в декабре 2017 года. Алиев во время пресс-конференции с Нетаньяху объявил, что Азербайджан подписал долгосрочные контракты на покупку в объеме около 5 миллиардов долларов в сфере безопасности и военной техники из Израиля.

Либерман прибыл в Азербайджан из Грузии, где он был первым израильским министром обороны, который когда-либо посещал эту страну. Там он встретился с премьер-министром Грузии Мамукой Бахтадзе, министром обороны Леваном Изорией и министром иностранных дел Давидом Залкалиани.

Либерман выступил с заявлением, в котором говорится, что между двумя странами существует четыре направления сотрудничества в области безопасности: киберзащита, помощь в создании резервной службы, борьба с терроризмом и защита родины.

За десять лет до российско-грузинской войны в августе 2008 года Израиль продал небольшому южно-кавказскому государству военной техники на сумму от $300 до $500 миллионов. Возможно, что еще более важно, оборонные подрядчики были вовлечены в подготовку грузинских военных, и среди них были бывшие генералы, такие как Исраэль Зив и Гал Хирш, согласно данным Jerusalem Post.

commonspace.eu по материалам The Jerusalem Post

фото: Министр обороны Израиля Авигдор Либерман в ходе встречи с президентом Азербайджана Ильхамом Алиевым в Баку, 13 сентября 2018 года (фото предоставлено пресс-службой президента Азербайджана)

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