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U.S. newspaper publishes article on Azerbaijan-US defense cooperation

Azerbaijan Materials 18 January 2012 10:48 (UTC +04:00)
This month, a delegation of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan led by Major-General Ramiz Najafov, Head of the Ministry's International Military Cooperation Department, visited Washington, D.C. to participate in the Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC), a crucial element of the Azerbaijan-U.S. strategic partnership.
U.S. newspaper publishes article on Azerbaijan-US defense cooperation

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.18 / Trend, E.Tariverdiyeva /

This month, a delegation of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan led by Major-General Ramiz Najafov, Head of the Ministry's International Military Cooperation Department, visited Washington, D.C. to participate in the Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC), a crucial element of the Azerbaijan-U.S. strategic partnership, the article titled "A Decade of Increasingly Successful Azerbaijan-U.S. Defense & Security Cooperation", published by U.S. newspaper "The Sacramento bee" on behalf of Azerbaijani Embassy in the U.S. says.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of establishing a formal framework for the defense and security cooperation between Azerbaijan and United States, the article says.

"The objective of the Consultations held annually, alternating between Baku and Washington, D.C., is to review a full range of bilateral defense cooperation and to define future plans with American counterparts," the article says.

According to the article, in 2002, the already active bilateral defense and security cooperation was institutionalized and elevated to a qualitatively new level reflecting both the strengthening ties between the two nations and Azerbaijan's growing role in the region.

"Azerbaijan is America's reliable friend in a vitally important area of the world and a strong ally in its fight against international terrorism and efforts to promote regional security. Immediately after the terror attacks of 9/11, Azerbaijan became one of the first countries to offer the United States unconditional support in the war on terror, providing its airspace and the use of its airports for military operations in Afghanistan," the article says.

A key part to the Northern Distribution Network, Azerbaijan provides ground, air and naval transit for roughly 40% of U.S. and international coalition's supplies bound for Afghanistan.

"While the Azerbaijan-U.S. defense and security cooperation covers a much wider range of issues, Afghanistan stands as an illustration of the depth and the strategic nature of the partnership between Azerbaijan and the United States," the article published by newspaper The Sacramento bee says.

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