AZERBAIJAN, RUSSIA: COOPERATION OF DEFENSE MINISTRIES DISCUSSED
Ambassador N. Ryabov presented the newly appointed military attachй of Russia in Azerbaijan V. Lomakin and the former attachй Yuri Kurshakov.
Colonel-general Safar Abiyev noted that the Russian-Azerbaijan relations base on historical traditions and we always try to preserve these ties. National leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev always highly assessed these relations and today President Ilham Aliyev successfully continues this line. Traditional links between the defense departments are also high level. Functioning of the Russian Federation military attachй in Azerbaijan is evidence to that. WE shall also open our military attachй in Russia shortly.
Touching upon the unsolved Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict, the Minister said that Russia has great opportunity for settlement of the problem and Azerbaijan expects efficient efforts from Russia as one of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair.
We want the conflict to be solved in the frame of international legal norms shortly and satisfy both sides, Ambassador Nikolay Ryabov stated.
Then, he informed on the arrangements on the occasion of 59th anniversary of victory over the German fascism in the Great Patriotic War in 1941-1945s.
Parties had comprehensive exchange of views on development prospects of cooperation between the defense ministers and Azerbaijan and Russia, as well as on the military-political situation in the South Caucasus.
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