Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Military Newswire
June 2, 2006 Friday 10:40 AM MSK
Azerbaijan cannot participate in same CIS military bodies as Armenia
– ministry
Azerbaijan is not planning to take part in the work of any military
organization within the CIS, except for the Council of Defense
Ministers, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Ilger Verdiyev told
Interfax.
Verdiyev explained that Azerbaijan cannot work in the same military
association as Armenia, a country with which it is formally at war.
“As for military cooperation within the CIS in general, Azerbaijan,
despite its participation in the Council of Defense Ministers’ work,
gives preference to interaction with the CIS member-states on a
bilateral basis,” Verdiyev said.
Baku hosted the 50th meeting of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers
on Wednesday.