The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with a delegation led by the Chief of the Main Intelligence Department of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Türkiye, Colonel General İsmail Günaydın, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told Paralel.Az.

Welcoming the guests Defense Minister expressed satisfaction with seeing them in Azerbaijan and emphasized that sincere relations between the heads of state have a positive impact on the sphere of military cooperation as on other spheres.

Expressing satisfaction with his visit to the fraternal country on May 29-30 this year at the invitation of the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Türkiye, Mr. Yaşar Güler, Colonel General Z.Hasanov commended the organization of the EFES-2024 multinational exercise in Türkiye and servicemen’s professionalism.

Colonel General İ.Günaydın, in his turn, thanked for the hospitality. It was highlighted that the friendly and fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Türkiye are based on mutual trust and support.

The meeting discussed the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation in the military and military-educational spheres, as well as emphasized the importance of events held within the Azerbaijani-Turkish High-Level Military Dialogue Meeting.

Then the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev met with the Turkish delegation.

During the meeting at the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, the sides expressed satisfaction with the current state of bilateral military cooperation between our countries. It was stressed that such meetings are important in terms of expanding mutual cooperation between the two fraternal countries.

A detailed exchange of views on a number of issues of mutual interest was also held at the meeting.