ArmInfo.On August 17 Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Hasanov in Istanbul. The negotiations took place on the sidelines of the IDEF 21 International Defense Industry Exhibition, organized in the Turkish metropolis.
As reported by Anadolu, the parties touched upon the tense situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. In this vein, Hulusi Akar stressed that Turkey will continue to support Azerbaijan in its "right cause".
They discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation in the field of defense and security, as well as cooperation in the field of the defense industry.