Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov met with a working visit to Baku Deputy Minister of National Defense of Turkey Shuay Alpai.
Как сообщили в пресс-службе Минобороны Азербайджана, накануне встречи турецкая делегация посетила могилы общенационального лидера азербайджанского народа Гейдара Алиева и выдающегося ученого-офтальмолога, академика Зарифы Алиевой на Аллее почетного захоронения, а также Шехидляр хиябаны и Мемориал турецким воинам, павшим в 1918 year. Wreaths and flowers were laid on the graves, their bright memory was ven for.
At the meeting held at the Ministry of Defense, Hasanov noted that bilateral ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey are based on friendly and fraternal relations.
The Minister of Defense emphasized the importance of such meetings in terms of further expansion of military cooperation.
Gasanov spoke about the operational situation on the conditional Azerbaijani-Armenian border and reforms carried out in the Azerbaijani army.
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Turkey expressed satisfaction with the current state of a successfully developing Azerbaijani-Turkish military cooperation, based on mutual trust and support.
The meeting discussed the prospects of regional military cooperation, security issues and other topics of mutual interest.
Then the Minister of Defense handed the Alpai of the anniversary medal “100 years of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-2018)”, which he was awarded in accordance with the order of the President of Azerbaijan.
Further, the delegation led by Alpai met with the First Deputy Minister of Defense-the chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army, Colonel General Kerim Veliev and Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Colonel General Bakhtiyar Ersai.
At the meetings, models of various types of Turkish production aircraft were presented, the ceremony of mutual presentation of gifts was held.