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Azerbaijan has unfriendly attitude to Israel, said Israeli scholar Avigdor Eskin, in an interview given to Azerbaijan portal "Haqqin.az." He also noted that Israel's relations with Turkey are still very tense.

"There is a mutually beneficial relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan. And I've always been for strengthening them. At the same time, we understand that Azerbaijan's attitude to Israel is unfriendly. With Georgia, for instanse, we have more open and close relationship. While Azerbaijan has not yet opened its embassy in Israel. That says a lot," Eskin said.

Commenting on question whether it is possible that the Israeli parliament will recognize the Armenian Genocide carried out in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, Avigdor Eskin stated: "The fact of the crimes carried out against the Armenian people in 1915 is not an issue for any serious historian."

Commenting on the Israeli-Turkish relations, Avigdor Eskin stated that they are still tense because of the incident connected with the "Mavi Marmara" ship.

"Relations with Turkey remain very tense. Istanbul committed aggression against us, allowing the vessels with the terrorists to sail to our shores. I wonder how would the Erdogan government reacted to the fact of sending of several Israeli vessels with an aid for the Kurds on board? But Erdogan is irrational. The relationship between us can improve when the psychosis passes," he beleives.

According to the political scientist, Israel has opposed the Geneva agreements on the nuclear issues between Iran and the West, because it remembers the precedent of North Korea, which has deceived the international community. "Hence the fears that Tehran might do the same. In Jerusalem they believed that it was necessary to preserve the sanctions against Iran and to hold negotiations on somewhat later stage," he said.

In the same time the political scientist noted that while Iran was in friendly terms with Israel, the two countries where in very good relations. "It was Iran that in the person of Ayatollah Khomeini severed relations with Israel," Eskin said, noting that Khamenei and Ahmadinejad, leaders of Iran, have repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel.