Azerbaijan, Baku, 2 August / Trend /
The Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev met on Sunday with Defense Minister of Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov traveling in Azerbaijan on two-day working visit, the the press service of Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan reported.
According to information received, at the meeting there were discussed the prospects for military-technical cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan, the current military-political situation in the Caucasus and the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Safar Abiyev said that the efforts of Russia to resolve the conflict appreciated and encouraging. At the same time, if the conflict is not resolved through peaceful means, military confrontation could not be avoided, Abiyev said.
Anatoly Serdyukov thanked for the warm hospitality extended to him during the two-day visit.