BAKU. July 21 (Interfax-Azerbaijan) - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov discussed the deepening of bilateral cooperation in defense with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Interfax.
The sides mulled military cooperation, Azerbaijan's integration into NATO and other Euro-Atlantic institutions, as well as the settlement of the conflicts in Nagorno Karabakh and Cyprus.
Gonul expressed Turkey's readiness to lend full support to Azerbaijan's efforts to build up the defense capability of its army.
Gonul also stressed the need for a speedy settlement of the Karabakh conflict on the basis of the restoration of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.