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TAJIK-AZERBAIJANI MILITARY ACCORD
United Press International
June 5 2006
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5 (UPI) -- Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have
signed an agreement on military cooperation.
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and Tajik Defense Minister
Shirali Khayrulloyev signed the agreement in Baku on June 1.
AssA-Irada reported Thursday that Abiyev told a news conference
after the signing ceremony, "I believe the document will positively
influence the expansion of bilateral ties in the area of defense and
serve to establishing stability in the Caucasus and Central Asia."
The document provides for holding joint military exercises and training
of personnel.
Abiyev told Khayrulloyev that large quantities of weaponry and
ammunition are stored in Azerbaijani territories under Armenian
occupation. As the USSR collapsed in 1991, Azerbaijan and Armenia
became embroiled in a shooting war. In 1994, a cease-fire was signed.
About one-seventh of Azerbaijan's territory is occupied by Armenian
forces, and Azerbaijan has 800,000 refugees and internally displaced
persons.
Tajikistan and Azerbaijan are also involved in NATO's Partnership for
Peace program and the Commonwealth of Independent States, a union of
11 former Soviet republics.
United Press International
June 5 2006
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5 (UPI) -- Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have
signed an agreement on military cooperation.
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and Tajik Defense Minister
Shirali Khayrulloyev signed the agreement in Baku on June 1.
AssA-Irada reported Thursday that Abiyev told a news conference
after the signing ceremony, "I believe the document will positively
influence the expansion of bilateral ties in the area of defense and
serve to establishing stability in the Caucasus and Central Asia."
The document provides for holding joint military exercises and training
of personnel.
Abiyev told Khayrulloyev that large quantities of weaponry and
ammunition are stored in Azerbaijani territories under Armenian
occupation. As the USSR collapsed in 1991, Azerbaijan and Armenia
became embroiled in a shooting war. In 1994, a cease-fire was signed.
About one-seventh of Azerbaijan's territory is occupied by Armenian
forces, and Azerbaijan has 800,000 refugees and internally displaced
persons.
Tajikistan and Azerbaijan are also involved in NATO's Partnership for
Peace program and the Commonwealth of Independent States, a union of
11 former Soviet republics.