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By Sara Rajabova

As two close and friendly countries, Azerbaijan and Turkey continue to cooperate in military sphere.

Azerbaijan is negotiating with the Turkish company "Turmaks" to order a new type of mobile military field hospital.

Deputy General Director of the Turkish company "Turmaks" Ilker Huner told Trend agency on October 13 that Azerbaijan bought two mobile hospitals from a Turkish company in 2013.

Huner said each hospital, which was built two months before the set period (six months), has two operating rooms, two intensive care rooms, as well as diagnosis, dental office, morgue, six tents for patients, an electric generator, water purification system, medical equipment and others.Each hospital is designed for 60 patients. Each mobile hospital covers an area of ​​2,500 square meters.

Huner said the total cost of the two hospitals stands at $ 13 million.

He noted that the company is not limited to the sale of mobile hospitals. It also held a training course on their operation.

He went on to say that the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry intends to order new hospitals and the negotiations on this issue have already begun.

Huner further said these hospitals can work completely on offline but their functionality depends on the order.

Huner also added that "Turmaks" is one of the four or five companies in the world specializing in the production of mobile field hospitals, and is the only one in Turkey.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry also confirmed the information saying currently the negotiations is underway regarding this issue.

Azerbaijan and Turkey have enjoys the effective cooperation in various fields, including military sphere.

Military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey first emerged in 1992 with an agreement signed between the Azerbaijani and Turkish governments on military education. Since then, the Azerbaijani and Turkish governments have closely cooperated on defense and security.

In June 2010, Azerbaijani military company Azersimtel has announced that it reached agreement with Turkish Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) about launching joint military facility. Former Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said Turkish military assistance to Azerbaijan has exceeded $200 million in 2010.

More than 20 Turkish defense industry companies have cooperation and commercial relations with Azerbaijan.