BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 14
Trend:
Azerbaijan proved to be a reliable partner of NATO, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said during the press conference with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trend reports.
"We started our peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan in 2002, and ended in the end of August this year and Azerbaijan's military servicemen were among the last military servicemen of coalition forces who left Afghanistan. Of course, it’s a great experience of working together. Today we also discussed our future plans of cooperation. Azerbaijan participates in NATO’s military training, at the same time, with one of the active and leading NATO members, Turkey, we had seven joint military trainings only this year, and this actually is serving the cause of peace and stability in the region," the head of state said.