Posted by Christoph Germann
Documenting the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits in Central Asia and the Caucasus region between a U.S.-dominated NATO, its GCC proxies, Russia, China and other regional players.
The New Great Game Round-Up #12
Azerbaijan’s interest in the largest Chinese administrative division, Xinjiang, was scrutinized last week. Now we will take a closer look at Baku’s dealings on the opposite side of the Eurasian Balkans:
Notorious NATO proxy Azerbaijan and NATO member Turkey maintain very good relations. Both countries work together in various sectors with the defense industry especially worth mentioning. This is furthered by the close military cooperation:
Turkish side approves MoU on military training with Azerbaijan
Eyvaz Jafarov also said that these exercises are very important from the viewpoint of increasing the combat readiness of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, achieving coordination of operations as well as ensuring the security and stability in the region.
From now onward Azerbaijani-Turkish joint military exercises will be held each year in turns in Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Which is very profitable for Turkey’s military-industrial complex:
More than 20 Turkish defense industry companies have cooperation and commercial relations with Azerbaijan.