Azerbaijan's defense industry products are well known in the African market and there are many requests to buy them, Lieutenant-Colonel Nadir Aliyev, an official of the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, told Report while talking about Azerbaijan's stand at the 16th International Defense Industry Exhibition IDEF-23 in Istanbul.
He said that there are special buyers of Azerbaijan's defense industry products: "Meetings at the management level are held here, and those meetings are not without results. Although the main goal of the participation in the exhibition is to introduce export-oriented products, we are also interested in creating a certain customer base and establishing cooperation in the future. Memorandums of understanding are currently being signed, which will eventually result in sales contracts. At this exhibition, we hold discussions not only to export products but also to establish cooperation for the creation of various types of new purpose ammunition or military technical equipment in the future."