Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan, Javad Jahangirzadeh.

Zakir Hasanov, stressing that the meetings of leaders play a significant role in the development of the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations, said that ties in the military sphere are also developing successfully according to the bilateral cooperation plan.

Javad Jahangirzadeh, in turn, expressed his satisfaction with the friendly visit of Iranian Naval Forces’ ships to Baku at a high level and highlighted the importance of organizing such visits on a reciprocal and intensive basis, APA reports.

The sides also touched upon the prospects of relations in the military sphere, exchanged views on expansion of activities in this area, joint plan development, organizing mutual visits, including the establishment of a joint commission on military-technical cooperation of defense ministries of the two countries with the participation of specialists.

Source: vestnikkavkaza.net