Baku. Anakhanym Hidayatova – APA. On December 19, Azerbaijan and Israel signed agreement on visa regime facilitation, Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan Rafael Harpaz told APA. The agreement was signed by R. Harpaz and Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov.
The document envisages facilitation of visa regime for diplomatic and official passports holders.
Spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev said that the cancellation of visa regime for the persons having diplomatic and official passports is the practice applied by Azerbaijan in its relations with EU, Eastern Europe, Latin American and neighboring countries. Azerbaijan has also signed similar agreements with Iran and Turkey.