Zakir Hasanov orders to prevent enemy provocations

On September 16, in the Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces, the Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov held a meeting with deputy commanders of army corps, formations, and individual military units, as well as deputy chiefs of particular military educational institutions for ideological work and moral-psychological support, Report says, citing Defense Ministry.

First, the memory of the Azerbaijani people's national leader Heydar Aliyev and the Shahids (martyrs) who died for our country's territorial integrity was honored by observing a minute of silence.

The Minister of Defense analyzed the activities on combat training and moral- psychological support over the past period of the current year. The Minister of Defense, noting that President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev pays special attention to army development, brought to the attention of the meeting participants the Supreme's tasks Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces for the Army.

The Minister of Defense, referring to the current situation at the front, instructed to maintain a high level of combat readiness and vigilance of military personnel and ordered to immediately and strongly suppress possible large-scale provocations of the Armenian armed forces in various directions.

Recalling the Azerbaijani people's firm confidence in our Army, the Minister said that every service member, from soldier to general, is ready to fulfill his sacred duty to liberate the occupied territories.

The Minister of Defense spoke about activities for combat training in the Army, providing and equipping units and increasing combat capabilities. He gave officials specific instructions regarding the further strengthening of military personnel's ideological work and moral-psychological support for the planned educational work and maintaining constant readiness of troops to fulfill combat missions.