BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 21. Within the visit
to Qatar, First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General
Staff of the Azerbaijan Army Colonel General Karim Valiyev held
meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for
Defence Affairs, His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin
Hassan bin Ali Al Thani, and the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed
Forces, Lieutenant General Jassim bin Mohammed Al Mannai, Trend reports via the
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
The meetings emphasized the importance of DIMDEX 2026 in terms
of advancing the maritime defense capabilities of countries. In
attendance was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the Republic of Azerbaijan to the State of Qatar, Adish Mammadov,
as well.
The parties expressed confidence that military relations would
continue to develop in the future. They discussed the prospects for
expanding cooperation between Azerbaijan and Qatar in the military
and military-technical fields, emphasized the importance of
conducting joint military exercises, and held an extensive exchange
of views on a number of other issues of common interest.
