Oklahoma–Azerbaijan National Guard Partnership

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Oklahoma-Azerbaijan State Partnership
Part of the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program
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Origin2003
Country PresidentIlham Aliyev
Prime MinisterNovruz Mammadov
Minister of DefenseZakir Hasanov
Ambassador to U.S.Elin Suleymanov
Ambassador to AzerbaijanRobert Cekuta
Adjutant GeneralMajor General Michael C. Thompson
2012 Engagements12[1]
Current ISAF Pax94
NATO memberNo
EU memberNo
Azerbaijan

The Oklahoma-Azerbaijan National Guard Partnership is one of 22 European partnerships that make-up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 65 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program.[2]

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev, holding a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Baku in June 2010.
U.S. Airmen assigned to the Oklahoma Air National Guard unload supplies from a C-130 Hercules aircraft onto a Russian truck in Azerbaijan in May 2007.
Minister of Defense for Azerbaijan (in cowboy hat) presenting Adjutant General of Oklahoma, with a gift from Azerbaijan.
An Oklahoma Air National Guard member offload supplies in Baku, Azerbaijan.

History[]

  • State Partnership was established in 2003[3]
  • Armenia–Azerbaijan relations are prominent in Azerbaijan's political and military agenda.
  • Azerbaijan seeks to balance relations with neighbors Russia and Iran with that of the US and the West.[citation needed]

Partnership mission[]

  • Emphasis on enabling coalition support.
  • Renovation on airfields in Azerbaijan
  • Medical University MOUs and Agreements
  • Build on established Agriculture University MOUs and current partnerships, USAID and DTRA projects.

Proposed cooperation:

  • NATO Interoperability Cooperation
  • Hone Agriculture and University Cooperation[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 EUCOM SPP Events" (PDF). U.S. European Command. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ "National Guard SPP". The National Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. ^ "SPP Data". U.S. European Command. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. ^ "SPP Data" (PDF). U.S. European Command. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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