On May 16, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with a delegation led by the Major General Oleg Dvigalev, Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus.

A tripartite meeting of the chiefs of high military educational institutions of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia began in Baku.

According to the training plan for 2018 approved by the Minister of Defense, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representative office in Azerbaijan holds training courses for instructors in international humanitarian law in Ganja.

Within the framework of cooperation with NATO, Baku for the first time hosts Standing Group of Partner Logistics Experts meeting on the following topics:

On May 15, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Azerbaijan Adel Ibrahim.

On 16 May 2018, 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 terrytory of Khojavend region.

According to the instruction of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the Ministry participated in the opening of several military facilities.

The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov held an official meeting on May 12.

The final stage of the "Shahin" military sports games among schoolchildren was held in the Military Lyceum named after Jamshid Nakhchivanski.

The military oath-taking ceremony of young soldiers was held in the military units and formations of the Ministry of Defense on May 10.