AZERBAIJAN WARNED BY IRAN OVER ISRAEL LINKS.

While on avisit to Kazakhstan, President Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan waswarned by Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati against drawingclose to Israel, IRNA reported as cited by Reuters August 9. Velayatiadvised Azeri officials "not to allow Zionist elements toinfiltrate into the Caucasus" and warned that "any rapprochementwith Tel Aviv would be against Islamic solidarity and eventuallyagainst that government itself."

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