Baku, Kiev to cooperate in military sphere

By Azernews

By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan and Ukraine have considered the intensifying of cooperation in the military sphere, as First Deputy to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleg Hladkovski visited the country.

During his Baku visit, Hladkovski met with First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov, with whom he mulled the issues of the military cooperation, the Ukrainian ministry reported.

“Azerbaijan is an important and promising partner of Ukraine in the field of military-technical cooperation. I am confident that the potential of our countries in the field of military-technical cooperation allows us to strengthen existing cooperation and work towards its development and prospects, especially in the field of aircraft construction,” said Hladkovski.

He added that the two countries have considerable experience in developing joint defense developments for the domestic consumer and for foreign markets.

Azerbaijan domestically produces various types of small arms and melee weapons, artillery, armored vehicles, various aerial bombs, unmanned aerial vehicles, various types of ammunition for small arms, including small-caliber automatic pistols, optical devices and others.

Twenty-eight military factories of Azerbaijan’s Defense Industry Ministry have manufactured 1,160 kinds of defense products so far. Azerbaijan`s defense products are exported to more than 10 countries.

Azerbaijan and Ukraine enjoy sustainable prospects of bilateral relations in political, economic, energy, transport and humanitarian fields.