Moscow. Farid Akbarov - APA. Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, who is visiting Moscow, held a bilateral meeting with Russian Minister of Defense, Army General Sergei Shoygu.
APA’s Moscow correspondent reports that Sergei Shoygu congratulated Zakir Hasanov on his appointment and wished him success in his future activity.
Discussions on the completion of Gabala radar handover to Azerbaijan were held at the closed meeting.
Azerbaijani and Russian defense ministries signed a bilateral cooperation plan for 2014.
Zakir Hasanov also met with Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Adilbek Jaksibekov, Ukrainian Defense Minister Pavel Lebedev, Kyrgyzstan’s Defense Minister Taalaibek Omuraliev and Belarus Defense Minister Yuri Jadobin.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense signed bilateral cooperation plan for 2014 with the defense ministries of these countries.