Baku, May 6, AZERTAC

First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev met on Monday with a delegation of the National Defense University of Türkiye led by Professor Talat Canbolat and Lieutenant General Yaşar Kadıoğlu, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

Within the framework of Foreign Study Trip, the guests visited the graves of National Leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev and prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva in the Alley of Honor, as well as the Alley of Shehids (Martyrs) and Turkish Martyrs' Cemetery. The guests laid wreaths and flowers and paid tribute to their bright memory.

Colonel General K.Valiyev welcomed the guests at the meeting held at General Staff of Azerbaijan Army and expressed his satisfaction with seeing them in Azerbaijan. The Chief of General Staff noted that bilateral military cooperation with Türkiye is based on friendship and fraternity. The importance of further expansion of cooperation in the field of military education between Azerbaijan and Türkiye was highlighted.

The Turkish delegation expressed gratitude for the hospitality and noted the high level of cooperation aimed at expanding experience in military education.

Then the guests met with Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Colonel General Bakhtiyar Ersay and First Deputy Commander of the Air Force – Chief of Staff Colonel Mazahir Rustamov.

The meetings discussed reforms carried out in the Azerbaijan Army, and expressed importance of further development of joint cooperation in military education and the exchange of mutual experience.