Tank crews and military chefs participating in the "Tank Biathlon" and "Field Kitchen" contests conducted first training.

Introductory briefing on security measures, organization and procedure for the "Sea Cup-2018" international contest as well as Judicial Commission meeting were held at the headquarters of the Azerbaijan Naval Forces on July 25.

The warships of Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, and Kazakhstan, participating in the "Sea Cup-2018" international contest, began training at the training facility on the Caspian Sea.

A seminar for the referees of the "Sea Cup-2018" contest was held in Baku on July 25.

On July 25 the missile boats "Peykan" and "Joshan" of the Iran’s Naval Forces arrived in Baku to participate in the "Sea Cup - 2018" international competition to be held in the territorial waters of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea.

The artillerymen teams of Azerbaijan has left for Kazakhstan to participate in the "Masters of artillery fire" contest to be conducted within the "International Army Games - 2018".

The ceasefire monitoring exercise on the Azerbaijan and Armenia state border, in the direction of Tovuz region, held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on July 25, ended with no incident.

The sniper team of Azerbaijan has left for Belarus to participate in the "Sniper frontier" contest to be conducted within the "International Army Games - 2018".

According to the NATO-Azerbaijan joint action plan to support the development of the military education system, a working meeting is held between experts of NATO and Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan within the framework of the Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP).

Drawing procedure of teams participating in the "Tank Biathlon" contest to be conducted within the framework of the International Army Games – 2018 was held at the Alabino training ground in Russia.