Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will visit the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, on Wednesday. He will take part in a meeting of the Azerbaijan-Israel intergovernmental commission.

According to a statement of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on the website, Cohen will lead a large delegation to hold consultations on economic cooperation, Turan reported.

“Azerbaijan opened its embassy in Tel Aviv on March 29, which caused a sharply negative reaction from Tehran. The attempts of the Iranian regime to put pressure on Baku to abandon rapprochement with Israel have further strained Azerbaijani-Iranian relations,” Turan added.