Agreement on military partnership signed between Azerbaijan and Latvia

According to the information given to APA from the press-service of the Ministry of Defense, a meeting was conducted between S.Abiyev and the commander of the National Armed Forces of Latvia, Vice-admiral Gaydis Andreys Zeybots during the visit. Safar Abiyev also met with the minister of defense of Latvia Eynars Repsher on that day.

The minister of defense of Azerbaijan gave information about the partnership of our country with NATO, participation of Azerbaijan in the international anti-terror coalition and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: “We believe that all countries will recognize Armenia as an invader country sooner and require it to leave the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity and we will not give even one inch of our land to Armenia. All occupied lands including Nagorno Karabakh must be returned back to Azerbaijan. Only after this we can agree to give autonomy to Nagorno Karabakh and guarantee security of its population and development of the economy”. E.Repsher, in his turn, stressed that Latvia supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and valued highly Azerbaijan’s participation in the peace-forming mission.

After the meeting, the ministers signed an agreement on partnership in the field of defense between the Ministries of Defense of Latvia and Azerbaijan. The agreement intends experience interchange in connection with participation in the measures conducted in the frame of the “Partnership for Peace” program and NATO, defense policy and strategy, commanding and management, supporting international peace and humanitarian operations, military construction and military reforms, partnership in the military education, military-technical, military-scientific and other fields.

Besides, S.Abiyev also met with the chairman of the Sejm of Latvia lady Ingirida Udre, minister of foreign affairs Artis Pabriks and chairman pf the Defense and internal affairs committee of the Sejm of Latvia Yuris Dalbinsh. S.Abiyev also was acquainted with the activity of the Quest-Rescue Service Center acting inside Military Naval Forces of Latvia.