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New Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan appointed
Foreign policy
- 16 November, 2018
- 05:50
Baku. 16 November. REPORT.AZ/ The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Azerbaijan. Report informs citing the Israeli media that George Deek is appointed to this post.
He will replace Dan Stav, who has headed the Israeli diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan since August 2015.
Deek previously worked as a senior adviser to the Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Yuval Rotem.
Israeli media says that for the first time in Israeli history, an Arab Christian has been appointed to the post of ambassador.
Deek began to work in the ministry in 2008, then he served as deputy head of the mission in Nigeria in 2009-2012 and deputy head of the Israeli mission in Norway in 2012-2015.
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