Azerbaijan backs US-led regional summit with Israel: Envoy

‘Azerbaijan says it fully supports a US-led summit to be held between the Israeli regime and the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf as well as leaders from Levant countries, claiming that such a conference would benefit the region and likely accelerate the so-called peace process between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority.
Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the United States Elin Suleymanov made the remark in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post, published on Saturday, less than a month after he delivered a speech at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington.
He, however, acknowledged that Baku did not have much leverage in the so-called Middle East peace process but as a strong ally to Tel Aviv and due to having warm diplomatic ties across the Muslim world, it can see itself as a potential voice of encouragement.’
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