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Azerbaijan and Turkey will produce more military weapons and equipment starting next year as part of the two countries’ increasing cooperation in this sphere in the past year.
Azerbaijan’s ANS Press news portal reported on Wednesday, based on information from military sources, that the two countries already signed a memorandum of intention a month ago to jointly produce some military equipment.
Turkey together with Azerbaijan was also expected to establish an arms production company in Baku as part of Turkey’s military cooperation with the neighboring country, which remains at war with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reports Today’s Zaman.
The report says the memorandum of intention has already been signed between the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry and Turkey’s Otokar company over the manufacture of armored units. According to the agreement, necessary military parts will be imported from Turkey for production.
In the first stage of production, the two countries will produce infantry/attack weapons. The later stages of military cooperation will include production of ammunition and exporting military equipments. Turkish and Azerbaijani delegations are also expected to hold talks in late December to seek ways for more cooperation in the military-industrial complex.