Baku / 12.19.18 / Turan: Ankara hosts the 11th meeting of the High Level Military Dialogue between Azerbaijan and Turkey, at which cooperation in the field of security, military, military-technical, military-medical, military-industrial and other spheres is discussed. This is stated in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
The meeting will also agree on a cooperation plan for 2019. The meeting, which will last until December 20, is chaired by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Kerim Veliyev, and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Metin Gurak.
The military dialogue between Turkey and Azerbaijan has been held once a year since 2007. Within the framework of the dialogue, there are subsidiary working groups on cooperation in the field of the defense industry, the military-political sphere and logistical support. -03D06-
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