AZERBAIJAN TO BUY WEAPONS FROM PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN TO TRAIN AZERBAIJANI FORCES IN MOUNTAIN WARFARE
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN... Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa is on an official visit to Azerbaijan. At Baku, the COAS met President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
The President said, “In the area of defence and defence industries, our countries demonstrate a very high level of partnership. We are happy to have access to the Pakistani defence industry and products and as you know we will purchase these products which will strengthen Azerbaijan’s military potential. And in the coming years I think we need to expand our military cooperation and take some other initiatives to strengthen our military partnership.”
The COAS said, “The close ties between our countries and our mutual relations with Turkey opens up enormous opportunities for our military cooperation.”
The COAS was greeted by the Azerbaijani Minister of Defence and given a guard of honour. The COAS and a high-level Pakistani military delegation held meetings with the senior defence staff of Azerbaijan on issues of expanding military cooperation. The COAS also noted that there is a wide potential for elevating the military cooperation of the two countries to a qualitatively new level. During the discussion of military cooperation, an agreement was reached on the joint use of mountain training centers, mountainous warfare training of Azerbaijani military personnel by the Pakistan Army, as well as conducting joint exercises.