Plan of cooperation between Azerbaijani and Russian Defense Ministers confirmed for 2009

He announced that on December 27 Serdyukov paid a working visit to Azerbaijan. "In Baku the Russian Minister was received by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Serdyukov held talks with Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev.

During the talks the sides discussed the state and prospects of development of bilateral relations in the sphere of military and military and technical cooperation", said Kuznetsov.

He said "the sides also discussed provision of security in the South Caucasus".

In this connection, Serdryukov noted that the further development of military cooperation between our countries has become an important factor of provision of peace and stability in the region", said the spokesman for the Russian Minister.