Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and his Turkish counterpart Nurettin Canikli took part in the closing ceremony of the joint flight and tactical exercises, dubbed TurAz Qartalı-2017, held in Azerbaijan, the country’s Defense Ministry said in a message Sept. 29.

The military cooperation of Azerbaijan and Turkey, the two fraternal countries, has been discussed at the meeting of Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov with the Minister of National Defense of Turkey Nurettin Canikli on September 28.

Nagorno-Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan and it should be liberated from occupation, Turkish National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said in Baku, Report informed on September 28.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey Nurettin Canikli in Baku on September 28, Azertac reported.

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli started talks in Ankara, Turkish media outlets report on August 23.