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New Iranian defense minister called to enhance military defense collaboration with Azerbaijan 220813.
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| Thursday, August 22, 2013 06:53 AM | |||
| New Iranian defense minister called to enhance military and defense collaboration with Azerbaijan. | |||
In a message
to Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan to congratulate him on his appointment
as Iran’s new defense minister, Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev
called for the enhancement of military and defense cooperation between
Baku and Tehran. |
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 Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, the new Iranian Defense Minister. |
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| In response, the Iranian defense minister thank his Azeri counterpart for his message, and called for strengthening defensive cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan. Brigadier General Dehqan’s message was delivered to his Azeri counterpart by Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen on Wednesday. In mid-March, during a meeting with visiting Azerbaijani defense minister, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the enhancement of Tehran-Baku relations. Abiyev, for his part, said the warm relations between Iran and Azerbaijan cannot be disrupted, and expressed hope Tehran-Baku cooperation would further expand. Iran has recently enhanced efforts to boost political, economic, security and cultural ties and cooperation with the regional and neighboring countries, specially the Central Asian states. Abiyev is due to visit Iran in the near future. |
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