Turkey to Provide Military-Technical Assistance to Azerbaijan
Baku / 17.0720 / Turan: On July 17, Turkish Minister of Military Industry Ismail Demir received the Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Air Force Commander Ramiz Tahirov and Commander of the Separate Combined Arms Army, Kerem Mustafayev, in Ankara.
As the Turkish Minister wrote on his Twitter account, issues of cooperation in the defense industry were discussed.
“Our military industry - UAVs, missiles, electronic systems and technologies - is at the disposal of Azerbaijan. In addition to transferring new weapons systems to Azerbaijan, we are ready to modernize existing weapons systems and produce them together,” he said.
Recall that a day earlier the Azerbaijani military was received by Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar, who promised to provide Azerbaijan with all the necessary assistance to repel Armenian aggression. -16D-
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