Turkey and Azerbaijan Defense Ministers Hulusi Akar and Zakir Hasanov met in Izmir as part of the EFES-2022 joint exercise. This was reported by the Turkish agency Anadolu.
According to the publication, at the meeting, “the parties exchanged views on bilateral and regional cooperation in the field of defence, security and military training, and the defense industry.”
Previously reportedGreece, Cyprus and Armenia agreed to cooperate in the military field. The meeting of the delegations of the two countries was held in Yerevan. It signed the Armenia-Greece Bilateral Military Cooperation Program and the Armenia-Greece-Cyprus Trilateral Cooperation Action Plan for 2022.
According to the publication, the signed documents provide “dozens of events in Armenia, Greece and Cyprus”, which include combat training of special forces, joint actions of peacekeeping forces, exchange of military medical technologies, cooperation in engineering and information. environment.
Before signing the document, the parties discussed a number of “issues” related to regional and international security, including the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and Nagorno-Karabakh.