Azerbaijani Defence Ministry has signed a number of orders and commands to protect the health of the Azerbaijani Army amid coronavirus out break (COVID-19) and strictly monitors their implementation, head of the ministry’s Main Medical Department, Major General Natig Aliyev told local media on 27 March.

The Azerbaijan Army takes preventive measures as part of activities recommended by the Operational Headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on countering a new type of coronavirus infection (COVİD-19), Trend reports citing Defense Ministry.

Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Military Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Colonel General Maharram Aliyev, together with the officials of the Defense Ministry, recently visited military units on the line of contact of the Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces upon the instructions of Azerbaijani President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev.

In accordance with the training plan of troops for 2020, the Azerbaijan Army started large-scale command-staff exercises, Trend reports citing Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry.

Azerbaijan is upgrading its military units in line with the Action Plan for 2020.

According to the rotation plan, a group of servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army returned from Afghanistan to Baku, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

The work on equipping and supplying units of the Azerbaijan Army stationed in the frontline, carried out in connection with preparations for the winter period, has been completed.

The Open Doors Day will be organized on Nov. 9 for parents and relatives of soldiers in military units of Azerbaijan Army, and the military oath-taking ceremony will be held for young soldiers in the training units and subunits on the occasion of the State Flag Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

The units of the Rocket and Artillery Troops of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the frontline zone carried out practical firing from large-caliber multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) according to the combat training plan for 2019 approved by the country's Minister of Defense, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

In line with the previously established plan of large-scale exercises of the Azerbaijani army, upon completion of the area reconnaissance, the exercises' participants organized the interaction of troops on the terrain model board, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.