President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a law approving the Memorandum on the Mutual Strengthening of Military Security between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Türkiye.
Under the agreement, the participating parties commit to providing mutual assistance in the event of armed aggression against either of them, in order to exercise the right to individual and collective self-defense as recognized by Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The parties will provide military assistance to each other at the request of one of them and in accordance with the procedures established by their respective national legislation. In peacetime, as noted above, the parties regularly conduct joint military exercises and maneuvers.
