Baku, First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev has visited the Special Forces military unit, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

In the beginning, the First Deputy Minister of Defense laid flowers at the bust of national leader Heydar Aliyev and the monument to the Special Forces servicemen, who became Shehids.

Then, the memory of national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev, and Shehids, who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of the country, was honored with observing a minute of silence.

The Chief of the General Staff met with the Special Forces military personnel and conveyed to them the greetings of Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov.

Colonel General Karim Valiyev emphasized that President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev highly appreciated the retaliatory actions undertaken by the units and the Special Forces of the Azerbaijan Army during the suppression of large-scale provocations committed by the Armenian armed forces. He emphasized that it is the duty of each of us to continue to justify the trust of the head of state and to be deeply aware of the responsibility we bear in this regard.

The Chief of the General Staff gave relevant instructions to the command staff on further increasing the intensity of exercises and training conducted to maintain tactical-special readiness and professionalism of the Special Forces at a constant high level, as well as widely applying the gained combat experience during the upcoming exercises.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency