BAKU (RFE/RL)–Azerbaijan’s Deputy Defense Minister Gorkhmaz Garaev and the head of the Turkish armed forces logistical service–Kurshud Tolon–signed a protocol on cooperation in Baku on April 28–Turan News Agency reported. Tolon also met on April 28 with Defense Minister Colonel General Safar Abiev and on April 30 with President Aliev–with whom he shared his impressions of Azerbaijan’s armed forces and Azerbaijani military facilities he had visited. Aliev for his part expressed gratitude for the ongoing contribution by Turkey to strengthening Azerbaijan’s armed forces. President Aliev also met on April 30 with visiting Turkish gendarmerie (Interior Ministry troops) commander Aitaj Yalman.
