On 31 May, Defence Minister Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov met with the Chief of Staff of NATO Allied Land Command (Izmir/Turkey) Major General Erhan Uzun who pays visit to Azerbaijan due to NATO 2nd level evaluation exercise of Azerbaijan Armed Forces’ infantry battalion within the framework of Operational Capabilities Concept program.

The NATO re-evaluation  level 2 (NEL-2) of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces’ infantry battalion, declared into Operational Capabilities Concept (OCC) Pool of Forces,  launched in Baku within the framework of OCC program.

In accordance with the Armed Forces preparation plan for 2017, the exercises of Rocket and Artillery formations are conducted with the purpose of improving the combat skills of military personnel.

In accordance with the readiness plan for 2017, a tactical-special exercise on "Actions, deployment and organization of work of mobile sanitary-epidemiological team in the field conditions" was held at the Center for Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the Main Medical Department of the Ministry of Defense.

On 25 May 2017, the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in accordance with its mandate, plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the LOC, in the territory of Terter region.

A meeting between the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey, Fikri Ishyk was held in Batumi on May 23.

A trilateral meeting between the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, Minister of Defense of Georgia Levan Isoria and Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey Fikri Ishig was held in Batumi on May 23.

Azerbaijan-Turkey live-fire joint tactical exercises held in accordance with the agreement on military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey for the period of May 1-5 are ended.

On May 5, Azerbaijan-Turkey live-fire joint tactical exercises held in accordance with the agreement on military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey are ended.

According to the agreement reached during the meetings of the Ministers of Defense of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia held earlier in the trilateral format, the next stage of joint exercises of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey was held with the participation of high-ranking observers from the three countries.

During the next stage of joint exercises of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey, the units have carried out various combat elements in the conditions of mutual consistency.

On 4 May 2017, the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in accordance with its mandate, plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the LOC in Aghdam region.

According to the instructions of the Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, a visit of representatives of the mass media to the training center was organized on May 2, with the aim of making a media coverage for the joint exercises of the Armed Forces, which are held on May 1 to 5, in accordance with the agreement on military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey.

In accordance with the agreement on military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey, live-fire joint tactical exercises of the Armed Forces of the two countries started on May 1.

According to the combat training plan for the current year, practical trainings with live-fire on the subject "Shooting and control of artillery fire" were held at the artillery training center for cadets studying at the 4th year of the Azerbaijan High Military School named after Heydar Aliyev.

On April 27, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with a delegation led by the Commander of the Gendarmerie Forces of the Republic of Turkey, Army General Yashar Guler.