Baku, Moscow to eye Caspian security issues

By Azernews

By Amina Nazarli

The military and military-technical cooperation, as well as the security issues of the Caspian region will be on the agenda of a meeting to be held between Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on August 15.

“I think today we will have an opportunity to discuss the security situation in the region and in the Middle East. In addition, we have a great program of military and military-technical cooperation, which also requires its own adjustments and solving a number of issues. I am sure that we will find a solution to these issues,” said Shoigu, who is on visit in Baku.

The sides are also expected to discuss cooperation in the Caspian Sea in terms of joint security work. "I hope that the plans and programs prepared by us last year will be implemented in full," the Russian minister noted.

The Russian delegation includes a number of experts involved on the program of military and military-technical cooperation between the two countries, according to Shoigu.

Hasanov, in turn, said that Shoigu's visit “is of great importance for the development of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia.”

As part of the two-day visit the Russian defense minister was received by President Ilham Aliyev, who hailed the bilateral relation between the two countries. The president also mentioned the recent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Azerbaijan, which President Aliyev called successful.