BULGARIA, AZERBAIJAN AGREE ON DEFENSE COOPERATION

The defense ministries of Bulgaria and Azerbaijan signed the military cooperation plan to provide for experts exchange in the field of military education, technical cooperation and industrial entrepreneurship in the military field. The delegation of Azerbaijan led by Defense Minister Colonel Safar Abiyev has visited Sofia this week to discuss issues of bilateral cooperation, the AzerTaj state news agency informed. The two ministers conferred also over the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh during which Minister Abiyev expressed concern about Bulgaria having not recognised so far Armenia as an aggressor, training of terrorist groups and cultivation of drugs. The recent official visit by President Georgi Parvanov to Azerbaijan has given a powerful impetus to deepening of the Bulgaria-Azerbaijan relations in all spheres, the state news agency of the Asian country pointed out.