Azerbaijan, Baku, July 25 / Trend, S.Dadashova /
The U.S. Department of State hosted Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov and other representatives from the Azerbaijani government for the U.S. -Azerbaijan Security Dialogue, which met in Washington, D.C, U.S. State Department's website reported.
According to the report, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro led the U.S. delegation, which included participation from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy William Bryan, and other senior U.S. Government officials.
"Building on the success of the previous Security Dialogue held in 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan, officials focused on a wide range of political-military issues, including cooperation in maritime security, counterterrorism, border security, and countering nuclear smuggling and other aspects of nonproliferation, as well as Azerbaijan's contributions to the Northern Distribution Network and other initiatives supporting international security efforts in Afghanistan," the report says.