Baku hosts meeting of military medical professionals

By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

A working meeting of military medical professionals from Azerbaijan and Georgia was held in Baku on November 10, Azertac reported.

The meeting was organized in accordance with the plan of bilateral cooperation between the defense ministries of Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Within the framework of the event, Chief of Main Medical Department of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Major General Natig Aliyev met with the chief of the Medical Department of the Georgian Armed Forces, Colonel Medea Betashvili and commander of medical battalion, Major David Chabadze.

The sides discussed issues related to the preparation of the plan of joint activities of military medical services.

The officials visited the Main Clinical Hospital of the Armed Forces, where they got acquainted with the conditions created in departments, as well as the treatment centers, equipped with modern medical equipment.

Guests also visited the Military Medical Faculty of the Azerbaijan Medical University

The army building process is of particular importance for Azerbaijan, as twenty percent of the country's territory is under Armenian occupation and the country is in a state of war with Armenia.

 Nowadays, the skills and combat readiness of the Azerbaijani army are growing year by year and the army building process is progressing as well.

Azerbaijani army stands at the 60th place in the world ranking military power Global Firepower Index.  Azerbaijan’s military budget for 2016 is about $1.466 billion. The country's military budget exceeds the overall state budget of occupant Armenia by more than $1 billion.