First Deputy Defense Minister of Azerbaijan – Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Najmeddin Sadikov has left for Sofia on an official visit, Trend reports March 11 with reference to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry.

Azerbaijan's First Deputy Minister of Defense - Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Najmaddin Sadikov, as part of the Command-Staff War Games (CSWG), has watched the actions of command posts deployed at the Battle Control Center, the Defense Ministry said in a message on Nov. 15.

As of November 1, 2018, assets of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Relief Fund stood at 94,727,254.86 manats, $213,577.88, 13,036 euros, and 5,000 Russian rubles, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a message Nov. 1.

Large-scale operational and tactical exercises with the participation of various service arms and branches of troops, as well as large units and formations of the Azerbaijani army have started, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said Sept. 17.

By holding a grand military parade which took place in Baku on June 26, Azerbaijan sent a message to the world that it is capable of liberating its occupied territories by military means, political expert Arzu Naghiyev told Trend June 28.

The military parade held in Baku on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani army demonstrated the high level of organization of army building in the country, MP, editor-in-chief of the "New Azerbaijan" newspaper Hikmet Babaoglu told Trend June 27.

The power of the Azerbaijani army, which is able to completely liberate its occupied territories in a short time, is recognized even by Armenia itself, Head of the Ombudsman Office of Azerbaijan Aydin Safikhanli told Trend June 27.

A solemn military parade is being held on the Azadlig Square in Baku on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan continue to strengthen position in the ranking of countries in terms of their military power. The country ranked the 53rd out of 136 countries in the 2018 Military Strength Ranking, compiled by a U.S.-based Global Firepower survey center.

The exercises carried out by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in sovereign territories are in line with the Vienna Document 2011 of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told Trend on March 12.