RUSSIA AND AZERBAIJAN CAN HOLD JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE CASPIAN SEA
Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
October 14, 2014 Tuesday
2014 October 13 (Monday) 20:59:20
On Monday in Baku, the Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Russia
held talks, on the basis of which was signed military cooperation
plan for 2015.
Opening the meeting, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the sides
would discuss "serious" issues of military-technical cooperation and
regional issues. Among these issues, Shoigu called joint military
exercises in the Caspian Sea, training of military personnel and
security in the region.
After the meeting in the Defense Ministry, Shoigu was received by
President Ilham Aliyev.
During the talks, the sides discussed issues of cooperation in the
military sphere, the website of the President reported.
Meanwhile, unofficial sources believe that one of the issues
discussed during the visit was the supply of the Russian military
base in Armenia, which has been under actual blockade after the ban
on flights of Russian aircraft through Georgia. -02B-
Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
October 14, 2014 Tuesday
2014 October 13 (Monday) 20:59:20
On Monday in Baku, the Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Russia
held talks, on the basis of which was signed military cooperation
plan for 2015.
Opening the meeting, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the sides
would discuss "serious" issues of military-technical cooperation and
regional issues. Among these issues, Shoigu called joint military
exercises in the Caspian Sea, training of military personnel and
security in the region.
After the meeting in the Defense Ministry, Shoigu was received by
President Ilham Aliyev.
During the talks, the sides discussed issues of cooperation in the
military sphere, the website of the President reported.
Meanwhile, unofficial sources believe that one of the issues
discussed during the visit was the supply of the Russian military
base in Armenia, which has been under actual blockade after the ban
on flights of Russian aircraft through Georgia. -02B-