Iran, Azerbaijan hold joint military commission meeting in Tehran

The second meeting of Iran-Azerbaijan joint commission was held at the headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces on Wednesday.

The meeting was chaired by Brigadier General Ghadir Nezami, head of the international and diplomatic affairs of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and Fuad Mammadov, deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, reported MNA.

At the meeting, the two sides discussed various areas of cooperation regarding the exchange of military delegations and officials in various fields of education, joint exercises, scientific and research collaborations, military medicine, sports and cultural cooperation and other areas of mutual interest.

The meeting will be followed by expert meetings between senior Iranian military officials with the Azeri delegation, and it will conclude with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.

The third meeting of the Iran-Azerbaijan joint commission was agreed to be held in Baku next year.