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MP: Military parade shows capabilities to liberate occupied Azerbaijani territories

27 June 2011 [11:50] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani MP Fazail Agamali believes today’s military parade showed that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have the ability to liberate the occupied territories.

A military parade commemorating the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Day and the 20th anniversary of restoration of the country's independence ended in Baku on Sunday.

"A significant progress has been demonstrated compared to previous years," Agamali said.
He said the Azerbaijani army showed that it is the strongest army in the South Caucasus.

Agamali said each Azerbaijani citizen should be proud of this parade. "The opinion of the high combat readiness and capabilities of the Azerbaijani army, as the media reported in recent times, has been clearly confirmed today," Agamali said.

The military parade was attended by 6, 000 servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. About 400 military equipment and weapon systems , including 50 modernized military combat equipment, 60 weapons produced and upgraded in Azerbaijan, 14 armored transporters, 35 combat helicopters, 22 fighter jets, 8 training aircrafts, 28 ships, boats and other equipment were demonstrated at the parade.


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