On June 22, Azerbaijani Defense Minister General Colonel Zakir Hasanov met with the delegation located in our country, headed by NATO headquarters in Izmir Major Metic Tokel, reports the Ministry of Defense.
Having granted the guest, Colonel-General Z. Hasanov spoke about the successful development of connections between Azerbaijan and NATO, activities of the Azerbaijani army in the framework of various programs and deposits introduced by our military personnel in the mission “Decisive support” in Afghanistan.
Stressing that the main purpose of cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO in various fields is the elimination of instability, conflicts and threats in the Euro-Atlantic space, and the creation of a unified security system in a global scale, the Minister of Defense stressed that this cooperation will continue to continue.
In turn, Major General M.Tokel emphasized that the Alliance considers Azerbaijan with his reliable partner. He highly appreciated our country’s participation in the fight against terrorism and a significant contribution to providing freight for peacekeeping operations, including high professionalism of Azerbaijani peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
At the meeting, the parties also exchanged views on a number of other issues of mutual interest.