Cohen's Turkmen counterpart called the embassy’s opening “historic” and underlined the importance of political and diplomatic interactions with Israel.
The trip to Azerbaijan had a large delegation and highlighted business and trade ties. Israel already has trade relations with Azerbaijan, but these are expected to increase.
The agreement was signed by Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev and Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who was in the country on a diplomatic visit.
The volume of trade between the two nations now rests at $200 million but is expected to grow to half a billion this year.
Yad Vashem says it won’t be involved in group visits to any site suspected of distorting events.
Some may be "saddened we resolved the political crisis with Poland that began during the Lapid era,” Cohen charged on Monday.
In conversations with the Turkish and Bahraini foreign ministers, Cohen stressed that Israel has made an effort to prevent an escalation.
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