Five Delegations Walk Out of Herzog’s Baku Speech; Qatar’s Emir Stays

President Isaac Herzog addressed the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Baku, Azerbaijan, on October 15. Representatives of Iran, Turkey, Kuwait, Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority left the hall during his speech. Qatar’s emir remained in the audience and listened to the Israeli president. The delegations attending the gathering included Turkey’s foreign minister, Iran’s deputy minister for legal and international affairs, the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister and Kuwait’s deputy foreign minister.