According to the instructions of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, in order to check the combat capability of the military units stationed in the frontline zone, combat and moral-psychological readiness of military personnel, as well as the conditions for ensuring the security of the civilian population, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense visited units located in the direction of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border.

The small missile ship "Velikiy Ustyug" and the sea tugboat "MB-58" of the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy arrived in Baku with a friendly visit on September 19.

Working meetings with experts from the Bureau for International Language Coordination (BILC) of NATO are held at the Armed Forces Military Academy in accordance with the NATO-Azerbaijan Joint Action Plan to support the development of military education system of the Armed Forces.

According to the Individual Partnership and Cooperation Program between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan and NATO for 2017, the Mobile Training Team of Allied Joint Forces Command in Brunssum conducts a seminar on the topic "Fundamentals of Logistics" in Baku.

The flights of combat aircraft of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey are continued in the course of the joint flight-tactical exercises "TurAz Qartalı - 2017".

Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the ministry took part in the opening of the next new residential complex built in the territory of one of the units of the Air Defense troops stationed in the frontline zone and got acquainted with the conditions created for servicemen.

Having visited the military unit in the exercise area, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense paid tribute to national leader Heydar Aliyev and laid flowers to his bust, installed in the territory of the military unit.

According to the instruction of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, works on enhancing combat readiness and improving social and living conditions of military personnel of the Air Force are being continued.

The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the leadership of the Ministry, as well as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral and the Military Attaché of Turkey to Azerbaijan, Brigadier General Zafer Ocak took part in the opening ceremony of the "TurAz Qartalı-2017" exercises.

Large-scale military exercises with participation of various military branches of Armed Forces started on September 18 in accordance with the plan approved by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr.