POLITICS
AZERBAIJAN ARMY – MOST POWERFUL ARMY ON SOUTHERN CAUCASUS
The visitor has conveyed greetings of Minister of Defense of his country, noting that the Ministry of Defense of Latvia and Azerbaijan have undertaken first steps in the direction of bilateral links, they have wide experience in the field of cooperation with the NATO, and after signing the agreement with the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan these relations even more will go deep.
Colonel-general Safar Abiyev has told: “It is a great honor to cooperate with the Ministry of Defense of the state being a full member of the NATO. At the Istanbul summit of the NATO it has been declared the further plans. Certainly, it will strengthen cooperation between she NATO member-states and partners.
Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan has had with the visitor exchange of opinions on creation of our Armed Forces, reforming of military educational institutions and conducted reforms. He has told: “Azerbaijan during ten years closely cooperates with the NATO within the framework of the PfP program. Now, representatives of our Armed Forces are trained in the higher military schools of some of world states. Today the Azerbaijan Army is the most powerful army on the Southern Caucasus”.
Answering the question of the visitor on prospects of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict, the Minister has told: “The conflict should be solved on the basis of norms of international law. In this connection, 4 resolutions of Security Council of the United Nations have been adopted. The US State Department, the Council of Europe, the European Union, and also presidents of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine have expressed the opinion concerning occupation of the Azerbaijani lands by Armenia. We trust, that this process even more will extend, and the truth will triumph. The position of the Azerbaijan state in settlement of the conflict is final, and it will not cede a sod of its lands to the enemy.
Then, discussed was the current military-political situation in regions of the Southern Caucasus and Baltic countries.