Azerbaijan defence minister, NATO representative discuss expansion of ties PHOTO

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has noted the importance of further developing mutual relations with NATO.

In a meeting with the Chief of Staff of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), Lieutenant General Mustafa Oğuz, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan on March 9, Hasanov spoke about the successes achieved in cooperation with NATO, and noted the importance of further developing mutual relations, according to the official website of the Azerbaijani defence ministry.

The defence minister informed the guest about the reforms carried out in the Azerbaijan Army under the leadership of the Azerbaijani President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, the work done in the liberated territories, as well as the current situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian conditional state border and the Karabakh economic region.

In his turn, the Chief of Staff of the NATO LANDCOM, referred to the current state of cooperation with Azerbaijan, and expressed his satisfaction with the positive results achieved in this field.

Oğuz prayed for mercy to the military servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army who became Shehids as a result of the provocation committed by illegal Armenian formations on the morning of March 5 and expressed condolences to their families.

During the meeting, it was noted that Azerbaijan-NATO military cooperation is of special importance within the framework of the Operational Capabilities Concept (OCC).

In the end, the two sides exchanged views on the development prospects of bilateral relations, as well as other issues of mutual interest.