The meeting focused on questions of cooperation in defence and military education, as well as joint participation in international defence drills.
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According to latest information obtained by haqqin.az from diplomatic sources, Armenia is planning another military provocation against Azerbaijan. A sabotage group of 30 personnel of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will be involved in its preparation and implementation.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and his Azerbaijani and Turkish colleagues, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and General Hulusi Akar, met on Thursday (2 February) to discuss cooperation in regional development and defence at the closure of multinational military exercises in Kars, Türkiye.
The Azerbaijani Army's engineering units are conducting combat training courses in accordance with the plan approved by the Defence Minister.
The largest military exercise in the history of the Republic, Winter Exercise-2023, is being conducted in Kars Province in the eastern part of Turkey.
On January 14, the Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, held an official meeting, citing Defense Ministry.
On Tuesday (10 January 2023), the UK FCDO and ECJU have updated their Guidance on the arms embargoes in place on Armenia and Azerbaijan to clarify that:
Ilham Aliyev, Guido Crosetto discuss 'good prospects' for enhanced cooperation in areas including energy, defense.
"If we see that we are facing a serious threat, we will deal with that threat immediately. Regardless of where that threat arises, within our territory or outside our borders."
Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar spoke about the importance of liberating Azerbaijani lands from occupation.
Turkey invites Azerbaijan to collaboration in the production of fighter jets, said President of Turkey’s Defense Industry Agency Ismail Demir.
Erdoğan pointed out that Turkish UAVs are among the best in the world, and the howitzers would make the country even stronger.
According to the Global Firepower portal, in 2023 Azerbaijan moved up in the ranking of the strongest armies of the world and is now 57th among 145 countries in terms of military power, ranking the highest in the South Caucasus with a PowerIndex score of 0.9391.
The military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Türkiye in the 1990s evolved to a new stage after the Second Karabakh War as the countries agreed to coordinate and act as a single force during a possible conflict scenario.
The recent war of words between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and the developments of the last several weeks, have demonstrated that both sides are far from inking a peace deal, which was promised by the end of 2022.
The joint military exercises involving Azerbaijani and Turkish forces just north of the Iranian border, which were announced on December 5, are clearly a warning to Tehran that any further Iranian challenges to Baku will be met by the combined forces of those two countries.
According to a joint statement of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, following the talks with the command of the Russian peacekeeping
More and more shocking details of military cooperation between Iran and Armenia are coming to light.
One of the main innovations of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces was the creation of a “surrogate of operational and tactical aviation”, which was entrusted with the task of air support for the advancing ground troops.
Azerbaijan and Turkey's large-scale joint military exercises have made the enemies of the two countries very nervous. Armenia's unease is understandable: after their crushing defeat in the Second Karabakh War, the mere mention of the word "Azerbaijan" makes them shudder.
Azerbaijani-Turkish joint exercises are being held in accordance with the agreement on cooperation in the military field signed between Azerbaijan and Türkiye.
One can anticipate Armenia's hysteria: "A checkpoint in the Lachin corridor is not mentioned in the Trilateral Statement!" It is not mentioned, but it is not forbidden either. The Statement mentions a 5-kilometer strip along the Lachin ROAD, but not the BORDER.
Azerbaijani First Deputy Defence Minister, Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army, Colonel-General Karim Valiyev, who is on a visit to the United States of America, has met with Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Admiral Christopher Grady.
Pashinyan's government, which no longer conceals that it adheres to a course not for peaceful Armenia, but for the speedy rearmament and creation of a "new model" army, has, however, shouldered an unaffordable burden for the country.