Eldar Sabiroghlu: “We don’t see necessity to give a political color to the postponement of US-Azerbaijan military exerciseâ€
22 April 2011 10:54 (UTC +04:00)
We don’t see any necessity to give a political color to this situation and to create a problem from it. Unfortunately, we face with such attemptsâ€, said spokesman for the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant-Colonel Eldar Sabiroghlu answering APA’s question on the postponement of US-Azerbaijan joint military exercises.
Sabiroghlu said that the Defense Ministry was not engaged in the politics, and declared its concrete position to the organization’s temporary stop of the exercises: “Basing on the bilateral military cooperation, we continue our cooperation in other directions nowâ€.
The US-Azerbaijan military exercises “Regional Response-2011†were scheduled to be held on May 15-25, 2011. Due to unknown reasons the exercise was postponed until the uncertain date. The Defense Ministry said information would be given after the date of the exercises is fixed.
Sabiroghlu said that the Defense Ministry was not engaged in the politics, and declared its concrete position to the organization’s temporary stop of the exercises: “Basing on the bilateral military cooperation, we continue our cooperation in other directions nowâ€.
The US-Azerbaijan military exercises “Regional Response-2011†were scheduled to be held on May 15-25, 2011. Due to unknown reasons the exercise was postponed until the uncertain date. The Defense Ministry said information would be given after the date of the exercises is fixed.