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Turkish Vice Admiral: Azerbaijani army able to prevent all provocations, attacks of enemy

07 March 2017 [13:51] - TODAY.AZ
By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

The modernized and strengthened Azerbaijani army is able to prevent all provocations and attacks of the enemy and ready to retaliate at any moment, said Vice Admiral Hasan Sukru Korlu, Commander of Turkish Northern Sea Area, at a meeting with the Consul General of Azerbaijan in Istanbul, Masim Hajiyev.

Hailing Azerbaijan’s progress in many spheres, Korlu noted the friendly and fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, as well as the development of cooperation in the military sphere.

He further stressed that the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not been resolved so far due to the unconstructive position of the occupant.

Masim Hajiyev, in turn, said that Turkey and Azerbaijan are fraternal countries, and recalled the saying “One nation, two states” of Nation Leader Heydar Aliyev.

Hajiyev noted that President Ilham Aliyev successfully continues this policy and pays special attention to the development of Azerbaijan-Turkey relations.

“The international economic projects, realized as a real result of the development strategy of national leader Heydar Aliyev, ensure economic growth in a large geographical area, including Azerbaijan and Turkey,” the Consul General said.

The sides also exchanged views on development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey in all directions, as well as in the field of defense.

Today, Azerbaijan and Turkey enjoy good and developing economic ties, especially in terms of huge energy projects envisaging the transportation of Azerbaijan's hydrocarbon resources to the European and world markets through the Turkish territory.

Turkey has the fourth powerful army within NATO - after the U.S. and the eighth powerful army in the world. Azerbaijan, in turn, has recently developed the defense industry. If earlier Azerbaijan was consumer of military equipment and weapons, now the country has become the producer and exporter of a number of weapons, ammunition, and military technology.

Given the military and defense potential of the two countries, Azerbaijan and Turkey enjoy good prospects for cooperation in the military sphere.

Turkey strongly supports Baku in the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 over Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed as a result of large-scale hostilities and over one million Azerbaijanis are unable to return to their homes because of the invasion. Armenia continues the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, which in turn obstacles the regional security and peace.

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