On September 24, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Trkiye Mr. Yasar Gler within the 5th Anniversary Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition ADEX held at the Baku Expo Center, Ministry of Defense told APA.
The expanded meeting involved First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army Colonel General Karim Valiyev, Deputy Minister of Defense – Director General Mr. Agil Gurbanov, Acting Deputy Minister of Defense – Commander of the Air Force Lieutenant General Namig Islamzade, Advisor to the Minister of Defense Colonel General Bakhtiyar Ersay, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Army General Metin Grak, Navy Commander Admiral Ercment Tatlioglu, Commander of the Land Forces Army General Selçuk Bayraktaroglu, Air Force Commander Army General Ziya Cemal Kadioglu, Ambassador of the Republic of Trkiye to Azerbaijan, Mr. C
ahit Bagci and other officials.
The meeting highlighted that Azerbaijani-Turkish relations are based on friendship, brotherhood and strategic alliance.
Satisfaction with the current state of cooperation between the two countries in the military, military-technical, military-educational and military-medical spheres was expressed. Additionally, a wide exchange of views on the prospects for the development of bilateral relations, regional security and other issues was held.
Then Colonel General Z.Hasanov met with a delegation led by the President of Secretariat of Defense Industries under the Presidency of the Republic of Trkiye, Mr. Haluk Gorgun.
The meeting, which was also attended by the heads of several leading companies of the Turkish military industry, expressed confidence that joint military-technical projects will further enhance the defense capability of both fraternal countries and discussed new prospects for cooperation.
The importance of expanding joint production through the use of technologica
l innovations was also emphasized and the 5th Anniversary Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition ADEX was commended at the meetings.
Several contracts on military-technical cooperation were signed at the end of both meetings.
Source: Azeri-Press news agency