Chief of Saudi Arabia's General Staff discusses issues of expanding military cooperation in Baku
Azerbaijani Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov met with a Saudi military delegation headed by Chief of General Staff Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili in Baku on 29 January.
The Defence Ministry's press service reports that the meeting also discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation in military, military-technical and military-educational spheres, and exchanged views on regional security.
On the same day, members of the Saudi delegation had a separate meeting with Chief of General Staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Kerim Veliyev.
The meeting continued exchange of views on the expansion of bilateral military co-operation.
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