POLITICS
Azeri Defense Minister visits China
Baku, October 30 (AZERTAC). Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev visited China from October 25-29.
As part of the trip, the Azerbaijani minister met Chen Bingde, Chief of General Staff of the People`s Liberation Army, Liang Guanglie, member of the State Council, Minister for National Defense and Xu Caihou, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The talks focused on military and political relations between Azerbaijan and China, and regional situation.
Abiyev spoke of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Chinese officials, in turn, reiterated official Beijing`s backing of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity.
The Azerbaijani minister also met senior officials of Chinese Norinco and Poly companies.