Azerbaijan and Israel intend to raise strategic partnership to a new level, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced during the Azerbaijan-Israel business forum in Baku.

Sa'ar added that they strive to increase mutual investments and develop people-to-people ties between the two countries, and he is confident that they will succeed.

According to the Israeli FM, his country and Azerbaijan are pillars of stability in their regions and have developed economies.

Gideon Sa'ar noted that in 2025, the amount of trade between the two countries increased by about 50 percent and exceeded $360 million.

Also, the Israeli FM expressed a conviction that the aforesaid indicators will be even higher in the next and coming years, but added that this growth is also significant.

According to him, Azerbaijan has an important regional and key geographical location.