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BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. A meeting of the
Board Session of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on the results of
the first half of 2023 was held on June 16 under the leadership of
the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Zakir
Hasanov, trend reports.
The meeting was attended by deputy ministers, heads of main
departments, departments and services, as well as commanders of
military units and formations.
First, the memory of the National Leader of the Azerbaijani
people Heydar Aliyev, and martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for
the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan, was honored with observing a minute of silence.
In his introductory speech, Hasanov emphasized the statement of
the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev that the
development of the Azerbaijan Army according to the model of the
Turkish Armed Forces is an indicator of the positive results of the
reforms carried out in the field of army development.
It was noted that certain achievements have already been gained
in this field thanks to the work done in the first half of the
current year.
At the meeting, the service and combat activities of all types
of troops (forces) in the first half of 2023 were analyzed,
detailed reports on improving the potential and capabilities of the
Azerbaijan Army, operational and combat training, engineering
activities, intelligence activities, recruitment of professional
personnel, moral-psychological training of personnel, the
development of military education, construction works carried out
in military units, improvement of social and living conditions of
the military personnel and measures implemented in other areas were
delivered.
Then the current operational situation on the
Azerbaijani-Armenian conditional border and in Azerbaijan's
Karabakh economic region was analyzed.
In order to prevent the intensive fire on the Azerbaijan Army's
positions by the Armenian armed forces and illegal Armenian armed
detachments [which weren't withdrawn from Karabakh contrary to a
trilateral statement signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian
leaders following the 2020 second Karabakh war], as well as illegal
military transportation and attempts to install long-term
fortification facilities in the territory of the Karabakh economic
region, Hasanov gave instructions on taking further necessary
retaliatory measures by Azerbaijan Army Units, constant
surveillance of the activities of the Armenian armed forces and
illegal Armenian armed detachments and being always ready to
decisively suppress any provocation.
Delivering a closing speech, the minister delivered to the
meeting participants the tasks assigned by the Supreme
Commander-in-Chief to the Azerbaijan Army for the next half of
2023, and ordered them to pay special attention to the protection
of the health and the safety of military personnel, further improve
the professionalism and combat readiness, as well as maintain the
combat capability of troops at a high level.
At the end of the meeting of the Board Session, the award orders
of the minister of defense were announced.
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