Egypt seeks to expand ties with Azerbaijan in military, security areas

/By Azernews/

By Amina Nazarli

The successful development of military and security cooperation between Azerbaijan and Egypt is high on the agenda of talks in Baku, as a delegation led by the border guard commander of the Egyptian Defense Ministry visits the country.

The Egyptian delegation led by Ahmed Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahimi arrived in Baku on March 29 to mull issues of mutual interest in a number of areas.

During the visit, Mohammed Ibrahimi was received by President Ilham Aliyev, who voiced that he attached great importance to further developing the friendly relations between the two countries.

Pointing to successful cooperation between the border services, the head of state emphasized the significance of developing relations in the military and security areas.

President Aliyev said that high-level reciprocal visits would contribute to the enhancement of these relations.

The Egyptian official also pointed to the friendly relations between the two countries, noting that Egypt is also interested in developing cooperation between the two countries.

Describing cooperation between the Azerbaijani and Egyptian relevant agencies, Mohammed Ibrahimi said that this cooperation covered security, military-technical and other fields.

Underlining Azerbaijan's good experience in military-technical sphere and trainings, he stressed the importance of exchanging experience between the two countries' border services.

During the visit, Mohammed Ibrahimi also met Emergency Situations Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov and discussed several issues of mutual interest.

Heydarov stressed that the relations between the two countries are developing day by day, adding that the two states also successfully cooperate in preventing and elimination of emergency situations and their consequences.

During the meeting between the Egyptian delegation and Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the sides stressed they would exchange information and experiences in the fight against terrorism.

Regarding the relations between the two countries in the military sphere, Hasanov emphasized the prospects of cooperation between the relevant structures of the two countries.

The minister informed the guest about the military-political situation in the region, the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.