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Sat, 04/25/2009 - 11:59
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AZERI DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS ANKARA

Ankara, 25 April (AzerTAc). Defense minister of Azerbaijan, colonel-general Safar Abiyev, paying an official visit to Turkey at the invitation of Turkish Chief of General Staff Ilker Basbug, on 24 April held a number of meetings in Ankara. In meetings, discussed were issues of regional security, sate of military-technical cooperation between the armed forces of Turkey and Azerbaijan, as well as the co-op prospects.

Mr. Abiyev met with Chief of the General Staff Ilker Basbug, Chairman of Turkish Parliament Koksal Toptan and Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul.

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan also received the defense minister of Azerbaijan. Parties, according to the Premier`s press service, re-expressed mutual trust. “Turkey will not make any step in harm of Azerbaijan,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphaszied.

In meetings, present was also the Azeri ambassador to Turkey Zakir Hashimov.


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