On May 27, Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov met his Azerbaijani counterpart Safar Abiyev. The officials discussed bilateral military and military-technical cooperation.

At the meeting, the sides discussed the present state and prospects of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation as well as security problems in the Caucasus, RIA Novosti reports, referring to Russian Defense Ministry Spokeswoman Irina Kovalchuk.

The Azerbaijani Defense Minister is on a working visit to Moscow.

The Russian and Azeri Defense Ministers last met on May 11, when Serdyukov arrived on a working visit to Azerbaijan. The sides discussed the development of bilateral military-technical cooperation, politico-military situation in the region and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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