BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 31. 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, TurkicWorld reports, referring to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
The Defense Minister welcomed the guests to Azerbaijan and stressed that sincere connections between heads of state improve military cooperation and other areas.
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, Yaşar Güler, Colonel General Hasanov commended the organization of the EFES-2024 multinational exercise in Türkiye and the servicemen's professionalism.
Colonel General 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.
Next, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan and Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, 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.
There was also an in-depth discussion on many other topics of interest to both parties during the meeting.
