U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Jim MacDougall is visiting Azerbaijan from September 14 to 16 for meetings and discussions with at the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, the U.S. embassy in Baku told Trend.
Mr. MacDougall works in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and has responsibility for overseeing all aspects of bilateral military relationships between the United states and Azerbaijan. In addition to discussing military-to-military relations, Mr. MacDougall's meetings here will cover ongoing counter-terrorism cooperation and the peacekeeping operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo.