Zakir Həsənovla və Məhəmməd Hüseyn Baqeri
The Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces denies the concentration of troops on the border with Azerbaijan
Baku/13.09.23/Turan: On September 13, a telephone conversation took place between Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, the sides exchanged views on the situation in the region and security issues.
"Bagheri stressed that the false information spread by some forces that Iran collects manpower and military equipment on the border with Azerbaijan and conducts various exercises in order to damage the friendship and good-neighborly relations existing between our countries have no real basis," the report said.
During the telephone conversation, prospects for the development of military cooperation between the two countries were also discussed, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan notes. ---0---
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