Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan was set to arrive in Israel on Tuesday, amid a thaw in bilateral relations between the two countries.

The visit is the first since Armenia and its former arch-rival Azerbaijan signed a U.S.-brokered agreement this summer to end decades of conflict, a development that has also improved ties between Yerevan and Jerusalem.

The Armenian deputy foreign minister will hold annual “political consultations” at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his first-ever visit to Israel, officials said.

Next month, the Armenian high commissioner for diaspora affairs is also scheduled to make an official visit to Israel.

Armenia briefly recalled its ambassador to Israel in 2020 in protest of Israeli arms sales to oil-rich Azerbaijan during that ye

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