Georgian, Azerbaijani and Turkish military officials meet in Baku to discuss regional issues
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Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir Hasanov, Chief of the General Staff of Turkey Yasar Guler, and Chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces Vladimer Chachibaia have held a trilateral meeting in Baku to discuss the prospects of further military cooperation and regional security challenges.
Chachibaia spoke about the joint activities to cope with regional security challenges.
We achieved a level of strategic partnership in the region. Our military cooperation is very important within the strategic partnership. We successfully continue our cooperation to ensure security of the ongoing regional projects,” Azertag quoted Chachibaia by saying.
Hasanov stated that it was the third of such a meeting which indicated about the strategic cooperation between the three countries.
At the end a joint protocol of the meeting was signed, and a briefing was organised for the media.
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