Baku / 06.03.20 / Turan: On March 5, negotiations between the military delegations of Azerbaijan and Georgia led by the Defense Ministers of the two countries were held in Baku.
Zakir Hasanov and Irakli Garibashvili discussed issues of bilateral military cooperation and security in the region, including the security of economic projects, as well as programs implemented on a bilateral basis, within the framework of NATO and on a trilateral basis in the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia format.
The parties spoke in favor of expanding cooperation and exchanged views on the prospects for strengthening ties in the military, military-technical, military-educational and military-medical fields, conducting joint military exercises, and organizing working meetings. This was stated in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
On the same day Garibashvili was received by President Ilham Aliyev. -02D-
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