Chief Of General Staff Of Azerbaijan Army Meets With Chief Of Army Staff Of Pakistan
Date
5/24/2023 3:05:25 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24. First
Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff of the
Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, who is on an
official visit to Pakistan, has met with Chief of army Staff (COAS)
of Pakistan, Army General Syed Asim Munir, trend reports via
Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense.
An official welcoming ceremony was held before the
meeting. After the national anthems of both countries were
performed, Colonel General Valiyev passed along the guard of
honor.
The sides met first in private and then in an expanded
format.
General Munir welcomed the guests and expressed his
satisfaction with seeing them in Pakistan.
He congratulated the Azerbaijani people on the
occasion of the victory in the Second Karabakh War and ensuring the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
Pakistani COAS noted that the friendly relations
between the armies of Azerbaijan and Pakistan are in progress and
have entered a new stage. He pointed out that Pakistan attaches
special importance to military cooperation with Azerbaijan and that
there are great opportunities for further development of military
relations.
Expressing his gratitude for the invitation, Colonel
General Valiyev noted that there are historically friendly
relations between the two nations, and these relations greatly
contributed to the development of bilateral military cooperation
along with other fields.
Colonel General Valiyev emphasized that the
development and expansion of cooperation with Pakistan in the
military field as in all fields are always in the spotlight of the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev.
Speaking about the provocations committed by the
Armenian armed forces on the conditional border, the Chief of the
General Staff emphasized that this was intentionally done by
Armenia with the aim of aggravating the situation, and each time a
worthy response was given to them.
The importance of expanding relations between the
types of troops of the armies of the two countries at the meeting,
holding joint Azerbaijani-Pakistani-Turkish exercises, as well as
further development of trilateral cooperation was emphasized.
The sides discussed cooperation between Azerbaijan and
Pakistan in the military, military-technical, and
military-educational spheres, continuation of mutual visits, as
well as other issues regarding the security and fight against
terrorism.
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