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Bilateral diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State of Palestine

A protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Palestinian National Authority was signed on the 15th of April 1992.

On the 11th of June 2013, a delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestinian, Riyad Al-Maliki, visited Azerbaijan to attend a conference in Baku on the establishment of an Islamic financial security network to help the Palestinian people and a conference of donor countries on financing the sector plan for the development of Jerusalem. As a result of these conferences, the Azerbaijani side provided US$5 million in assistance to the State of Palestine.

On the 29th of September 2014, the Government of Azerbaijan transferred AZN 500K (US$635K) to the bank account of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) through the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA) of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs; this was done to help address the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

On the 23rd of September 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine, Riyad Al-Maliki, within the framework of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly.

On the 4th to the 6th of November 2018, Baku hosted the Conference of Ambassadors of the State of Palestine to the Asian Continent. In connection with the event, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki visited Azerbaijan.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, Riad Al-Maliki, paid a next visit to Azerbaijan on the 24th to the 26th of October 2019.

Contractual and legal framework

In total, four documents on co-operation in various areas were signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State of Palestine.

Economic co-operation
Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Palestine  (In thousands of U.S. dollars)

Years

Trade turnover

Exports

Imports

2016

156.9

119.0

37.9

2017

318.3

58.1

260.2

2018

207.2

 

207.2

2019

438.19

 

438.19

2020

277.37

 

277.37

 

 

 

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