Civil Georgia
April 24, 2023

Georgia, Azerbaijan Sign Defense Cooperation Agreement

Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze met with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov during his visit to Baku and signed an agreement on defense cooperation between the two countries.

The Georgian Defense Ministry said on April 24 that the two ministers discussed bilateral defense cooperation and future plans, including participation in international exercises and military training programs.

Burchuladze and Hasanov discussed the issues of cooperation within the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia trilateral cooperation format, noting that “strategic meetings, defense cooperation, joint exercises and expert meetings further strengthen interoperability among the countries.”

The two ministers also focused on the security challenges facing the region….

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, for its part, noted that the two ministers discussed the issues of…security in the region, further development of cooperation in the military, military-technical and military-educational fields and other issues of mutual interest…