BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. A meeting of the Board Session of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on the results of the first half of 2023 was held on June 16 under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, Trend reports.
The meeting was attended by deputy ministers, heads of main departments, departments and services, as well as commanders of military units and formations.
First, the memory of the National Leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev, and martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, was honored with observing a minute of silence.
In his introductory speech, Hasanov emphasized the statement of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev that the development of the Azerbaijan Army according to the model of the Turkish Armed Forces is an indicator of the positive results of the reforms carried out in the field of army development.
It was noted that certain achievements have already been gained in this field thanks to the work done in the first half of the current year.
At the meeting, the service and combat activities of all types of troops (forces) in the first half of 2023 were analyzed, detailed reports on improving the potential and capabilities of the Azerbaijan Army, operational and combat training, engineering activities, intelligence activities, recruitment of professional personnel, moral-psychological training of personnel, the development of military education, construction works carried out in military units, improvement of social and living conditions of the military personnel and measures implemented in other areas were delivered.
Then the current operational situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian conditional border and in Azerbaijan's Karabakh economic region was analyzed.
In order to prevent the intensive fire on the Azerbaijan Army’s positions by the Armenian armed forces and illegal Armenian armed detachments [which weren't withdrawn from Karabakh contrary to a trilateral statement signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the 2020 second Karabakh war], as well as illegal military transportation and attempts to install long-term fortification facilities in the territory of the Karabakh economic region, Hasanov gave instructions on taking further necessary retaliatory measures by Azerbaijan Army Units, constant surveillance of the activities of the Armenian armed forces and illegal Armenian armed detachments and being always ready to decisively suppress any provocation.
Delivering a closing speech, the minister delivered to the meeting participants the tasks assigned by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to the Azerbaijan Army for the next half of 2023, and ordered them to pay special attention to the protection of the health and the safety of military personnel, further improve the professionalism and combat readiness, as well as maintain the combat capability of troops at a high level.
At the end of the meeting of the Board Session, the award orders of the minister of defense were announced.