Minister: Azerbaijani Army celebrates 105th anniversary with great success

The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan are celebrating the 105th anniversary of their establishment with great success, high combat readiness and professionalism, Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov said in an interview with CBC TV channel, Report informs.

"The Azerbaijani army is celebrating the 105th anniversary in a difficult operational environment, but with great success, high combat readiness and professionalism. You know that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited one of the military units of the Azerbaijani army. In his speech, Mr. President highly assessed the service combat activities of the Azerbaijani army. Under his personal leadership, despite the difficult operational situation in the army, the issues of reorganization continue, which affect the main areas of development of the armed forces - these are the issues of building the armed forces, their structure, training in all areas, military education, training of personnel, training specialists, issues of armaments and a number of issues, which, as our Supreme Commander noted, eventually brought the Azerbaijani army to the level of one of the strongest. You know that the latest ratings highlight the high professionalism of the Azerbaijani army," the minister said.