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Israel considers Azerbaijan as a strategic partner in the South Caucasus and will stick to this position, deputy director of the department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Central Asia and the Caucasus, Alex Goldman-Shayman, said on Monday at a meeting with Azerbaijani journalists.

"Political relations between the two countries have always been good, and economic relations have reached a high level on their background," he said.

He noted that the energy cooperation plays an important role in the economic relations.

"The positions of the two countries agree on many key issues...," he said.

According to head of the department of the ministry on Eurasia Oded Joseph, Israel, as the conflict-affected country, understands the pain of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and always supported the efforts for a peaceful resolution of this problem.

Joseph said Israeli Foreign Ministry is against illegal visits to the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

"The ministry warned its citizens of it and encouraged to abandon such visits," Joseph said.

Relations between Azerbaijan and Israel have increased considerably since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.