Azerbaijan, Turkey set to jointly manufacture ammunition

An agreement was signed between institutions of Azerbaijani Defence Industry Ministry and Turkish companies within the framework of SOFEX 2010 Special Forces Operations Exhibition held in Amman.

Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov and Turkish Defense Minister Vajdi Konul  attended the signing ceremony.

The first deal calls for a joint production of night vision devices and thermal observation devices at the Alov factory of Optika Industrial Union of the Azerbaijani Defence Industry Ministry together with Turkish ASELSAN Company.

The second deal envisages military technical supply between Radioqurasdirma factory of Ufug Industrial Union of the Azerbaijani Defence Industry Ministry and the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation of Turkey for production of ammunitions and engineering devices.

This agreement was signed by Director General of Ufug Industrial Union Ramiz Mammadov on the Azerbaijani side and Director General of the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation Unal Onsipahioglu on the Turkish side.

Onsipahioglu noted that Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation has cooperated with Azerbaijan for years. According to agreement, production of munitions will be launched in Azerbaijan again by the help of Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation.


/APA/