Defence chief receives Turkey’s new military attache

Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov has received Turkey’s newly-appointed military attache Maj-Gen Zakaria Yalcin, the ministry reported on October 8.

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Along with other spheres, Azerbaijan and Turkey tightly cooperate in the military field and periodically hold joint drills to improve interaction and communication between their army units.

Military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey first emerged in 1992….

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On June 15, the two countries signed a memorandum of alliance that cemented the existing military, political and economic cooperation.

The Shusha Declaration on Allied Relations that President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed during the first official visit to Shusha eight months after Azerbaijan’s victory in the war with Armenia, also focuses on defence cooperation.

It affirms joint efforts by the two armies in the face of foreign threats….

…President Ilham Aliyev said that the signing of the Shusha Declaration raised bilateral relations to an even higher level.