Azeri defense chief in Turkey to observe joint drills

Azeri defense chief in Turkey to observe joint drills

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov has arrived in Turkey to watch the final stage of joint drills in the city of Kars, near the border with Armenia, Azeri media report.

Hasanov was invited by Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to follow the penultimate day of Winter Exercise-2021.

In the recent war against Artsakh (Karabakh), Turkey supported Azerbaijan militarily, also by transferring terrorist mercenaries from the Middle East to fight against Karabakh. Armenia was the first to report on Turkey's deployment of thousands of Syrian fighters to Azerbaijan. International media publications followed suit, as did reactions from France, Russia, Iran and Syria. The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army has already unveiled footage from the interrogation of two such terrorists captured on the front.

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