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A delegation of the Azerbaijani Navy, led by First Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Navy, Captain 1st Rank Teymur Murshudov, arrived in Ankara to participate in the 10th Staff Talks between the Navies of Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The sides discussed issues of military cooperation between the Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Italy and conducted a detailed exchange of views on a number of topics of mutual interest.

Over the past six weeks, Hungary has blocked the provision of €10 million in military aid to Armenia from the EU’s European Peace Facility.

The Russian agency RT, citing data from the U.S. government procurement portal, reports that the Pentagon is preparing to transport hundreds of units of equipment and military gear from a military base in Germany to training grounds in Armenia this summer.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, received the CEO of the Turkish company Baykar, Haluk Bayraktar, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan.

Lieutenant Commander Gavin Tarbard has been appointed as the United Kingdom's first defense attaché to Azerbaijan, the British Embassy announced.

The change of power in Washington has led to an informal reassessment of U.S.-Armenia relations. While under the Biden-Blinken administration, Yerevan felt like a part of America’s regional strategy, it now finds itself in limbo.

Azerbaijan continues to expand its cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance and is now a participant in an important NATO project—the "Centre of Excellence for Maritime Security" (MARSEC COE).

Azerbaijan is set to receive its first batch of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan in the near future, with the possibility of joint production of these aircraft in the future.

During the discussion, it was emphasized that the fraternal and friendly relations, as well as the strategic alliance between Azerbaijan and Turkey, continue to develop successfully in all areas.

Within the framework of the Individual Partnership Cooperation Programme between the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan and NATO for 2025, the “Legal aspects of military operations” course is conducted in Baku by the Mobile Training Team of the NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.

According to the exercise plan, the military personnel will perform various training and combat tasks in populated areas and challenging terrain under snowy and frosty conditions.

On January 10, 2025, President Ilham Aliyev approved a military cooperation agreement between Azerbaijan and Morocco, which was signed on October 30, 2024, in Rabat, laying the foundation for a strengthened bilateral partnership in the field of defence.

Iran has installed a new radar with an 800 km range in the highlands of Gilan Province to monitor the northern airspace of the country, adding it to its integrated air defense network, according to Islamic World News.

The First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, met with a delegation from the Turkish Land Forces Command, headed by Lieutenant General Tuncay Altuğ.

Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, held a meeting with a delegation led by the Commandant of the NATO Defense College, Lieutenant General Max Nielsen.

Armenia possesses deadly weapons supplied by France, according to Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan.

The Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, briefed the NATO Defense College delegation on Azerbaijan's foreign and security policies.

“Azerbaijan has proven to be a reliable partner of NATO ,” declared President Ilham Aliyev in December 2021 during his visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels. NATO

A conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's accession to NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) program was held in Baku.

The joint military exercises "Araz 2024," involving the special forces of Azerbaijan's Armed Forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces of Iran, have successfully concluded in Iran's Ardabil Province.

On November 26, a scientific-practical conference was held in Baku to mark the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's accession to NATO's Partnership for Peace program.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu stated that the GM200 radar, purchased by Chișinău from France for 14.5 million euros, failed to detect drones that had fallen near the border with Ukraine.

At the end of October 2024, Armenia’s Ministry of Defense announced it has initiated discussions with Indian aircraft manufacturer HAL to acquire a batch of domestically produced Su-30MKI Flanker-H fighters, along with specialized weaponry.