Chief Of General Staff Of Azerbaijan Army Meets Federal Minister For Defense Of Pakistan
Date
5/25/2023 3:18:49 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 25. The 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
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, visited the Defense Chamber of
the Parliament House and met with the federal Minister for Defence
of Pakistan, Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Asif, trend reports via the
Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
Welcoming the guests, the Pakistani Federal Minister for Defence
pointed out that the military relations between Azerbaijan and
Pakistan are at a high level. The Minister mentioned that Pakistan
recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and attaches
special importance to the expansion of military relations with this
country.The Minister noted that both countries provide mutual
support to each other in all issues
including a bilateral basis and the framework of international
organizations. He pointed out that the situation and new challenges
in the regions where Azerbaijan and Pakistan are located
necessitate the strengthening of military cooperation between the
two countries.
Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Asif emphasized the importance of
increasing the combat capability of the armies of both countries,
experience exchange in this field, as well as further developing
the achieved results.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army expressed
his gratitude for the warm reception, and conveyed the greetings of
the Azerbaijan Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov to
Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Asif.
Colonel General K. Valiyev emphasized that the expansion of
cooperation with Pakistan in the military field is always in the
spotlight of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr. Ilham Aliyev.
Colonel General K. Valiyev gave detailed information to the
Federal Minister for Defence of Pakistan about the engineering and
reconstruction works carried out in the liberated territories, as
well as the provocations committed by the Armenian armed forces on
the conditional border and the measures taken to suppress these
provocations.
The sides discussed the conduct of joint exercises, cooperation
in the field of defense industry, including a number of issues of
mutual interest. They importance of further expansion of military
and military-technical cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan
was emphasized.
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic
of Azerbaijan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mr. Khazar
Farhadov also participated in the meeting.
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