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By Laman Ismayilova

Baku hosted an annual final meeting for military attaches of foreign countries' armed forces accredited to Azerbaijan on December 7.

The high-level meeting was attended by 32 representatives from 30 countries.

In his remarks, head of the International Military Cooperation Department Huseyn Mahmudov highlighted regional military and security challenges, making a special focus on Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan, Azertac reported.

Department Chief told about reforms in the Armed Forces, development prospects, activities carried out as part of international military cooperation.

He answered numerous questions of military attaches.

Dean of the Baku Military Attaches Association, military attaché of the Romanian Armed Forces, Colonel Rodin Lazaroiu expressed his gratitude to the leadership of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on behalf of his counterparts for holding such an event and expressed hope for effective cooperation in the future.

Azerbaijan, holding the largest army in the South Caucasus, is investing huge efforts to upgrade its military potential.

The army building process is of particular importance for Azerbaijan, as twenty percent of the country's territory is under Armenian occupation and the country is in a state of war with Armenia.

Nowadays, the skills and combat readiness of the Azerbaijani army are growing year by year and the army building process is progressing as well.

Azerbaijani army stands at the 60th place in the world ranking military power Global Firepower Index. Azerbaijan’s military budget for 2016 is about $1.466 billion. The country's military budget exceeds the overall state budget of occupant Armenia by more than $1 billion.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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