Baku / 09.28.19 / Turan: Azerbaijan completed the next stage of the Caucasian Eagle 2019 exercises with the participation of special forces of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, at this stage, the special forces carried out the tasks of taking a building with terrorists by storm, as well as disabling the air defense assets of the conditional enemy. The actions were developed with the support of aviation, the report said.
It should be noted that within the framework of trilateral military cooperation, the law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia have been practicing methods of protecting the regional transport and energy infrastructure for several years. -02D-
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