Azerbaijan’s defense delegation visits Pakistan

/By Azernews/

By Amina Nazarli

A large delegation headed by Azerbaijan’s Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov paid a two-day visit to Pakistan to attend the 6th meeting of an Azerbaijan-Pakistan intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation on April 26-27.

During the visit Azerbaijan’s minister was received by Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.

The two-day event will feature bilateral meetings aimed at developing political, economic, military and humanitarian relations between the two countries.

The military cooperation is one of the main components of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan. The countries signed a defense agreement in 2013. Later, the naval forces of both countries held consultations on military-technical issues.

Pakistan and Azerbaijan enjoy good relations in various spheres.

Relations between the two states were established after Azerbaijan became independent following the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Pakistan was among the first countries to recognize Azerbaijan.

Pakistan supported Azerbaijan during and after the Nagorno-Karabakh War and it is the only country that does not recognize Armenia.