Washington Reporter: Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Azerbaijan stood firmly on America’s side

Published: 2025-05-29 06:50

"The case for a rapprochement with Azerbaijan is clear from America’s standpoint. Azerbaijan led the entire world in drilling for oil. The first-ever oil tanker, the Zoroaster, was launched out of Baku in the mid-1800s and the country continues to produce massive amounts of oil, while simultaneously rebuffing entreaties from both Russia and Iran, its closest geographic neighbors," writes the Washington Reporter, a U.S.-based center-right news outlet.

"While Azerbaijan is almost entirely Muslim, its population skews heavily secular. This has prompted the ire of Iran, its southern neighbor, also a heavily Shia country. Recently, Azerbaijan has stopped repeated attempts by Iran to radicalize its population through mosques... Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Azerbaijan stood firmly on America’s side, allowing military aircraft to use its airspace. The former Soviet state was also the last military to officially leave Afghanistan, following Biden’s disgraceful and deadly withdrawal," the Washington Reporter adds.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News