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Press release 12 November 2025

Defense Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel General Z. Hasanov visited the Command of the European Union Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Turkish Contingent

The official visit of Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov to Bosnia and Herzegovina continues.

As part of the visit, Colonel General Z. Hasanov visited the Command of the European Union Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Turkish Contingent.

Following the official welcoming ceremony held at the Camp Butmir, the Minister of Defense met with Commander of the European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Major General Florin-Marian Barbu.

During the meeting, the Azerbaijani delegation was provided with detailed information about the activities of the Command. Azerbaijan’s positive experience in cooperation within the Partnership for Peace programme and the Operational Capabilities Concept programme was emphasized and a number of other issues of mutual interest were discussed.

Then Colonel General Z.Hasanov met with Commander of the Turkish Contingent, Colonel Mustafa Çetin Çelik. At the meeting, the Minister expressed condolences to the representatives of the fraternal country for servicemen who became Shehids as a result of the crash of the C-130 military cargo plane that departed from Azerbaijan to Türkiye and went down on November 11 at the Georgian-Azerbaijani border.

 

 

MOD.GOV.AZ

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