Azerbaijan and Turkey to increase the number of joint military exercises - Zakir Hasanov

Baku/14.07.21/Turan: Today, the Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Baku, Jahit Bagchi.

He announced the continuation of reforms aimed at bringing the Azerbaijani Army in line with the standards of the Turkish Armed Forces, the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

According to the minister, it is also planned to increase the number of joint military exercises involving various types of troops, including the special forces of both countries.

Hasanov highly appreciated the level of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey in the military, military-technical, military-educational and military-medical spheres, and thanked the Turkish side for its support in training military personnel and work on clearing the liberated territories from mines and unexploded ordnance.

Bagci, for his part, stressed that he would make every effort to develop Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, in particular, cooperation in the military sphere. –16D-