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Armenialiberty.org
December 28, 2015
Four years after declaring that its annual military expenditure has surpassed Armenia's entire state budget worth about $3 billion, Azerbaijan reportedly plans to spend only $1.2 billion on defense and security in 2016. The collapse of international oil prices and the resulting sharp depreciation of theÃâà...
Armenian Weekly
February 6, 2015
In November 2013, the former commander of Azerbaijan's internal security forces, Zakir Hassanov, replaced Safar Abiyev as the minister of defense. Abiyev had been in that role since 1995. While a trend towards escalation was evident even before Abiyev's replacement, at the time of the Karabagh War theÃâà...
Public Radio of Armenia
November 12, 2014
Safar Abiyev, Azerbaijan's former defense minister presented Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense wine serving set worth of $600, during his trip to Washington, DC last August. Besides gifts, the Azeri government officials also appeared to have upgraded a bunch of top US gov't officials travels to businessÃâà...
EurasiaNet
October 23, 2013
Azerbaijan's newly re-elected president Ilham Aliyev has announced his new cabinet, and it contains one surprise: long-serving Defense Minister Safar Abiyev has been let go. Abiyev was a controversial figure, holding his post since 1995 and widely seen as the source of much corruption in the MoD.
Asbarez Armenian News
August 6, 2013
WASHINGTON—U.S.-Azeri strategic relations were discussed Tuesday as Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev visited the United States. Minister Abiyev, speaking at a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in Washington, complained that Armenia has remained in control of NagornoÃâà...
APA
April 18, 2013
APA reports quoting the Defense Ministry of Poland that official welcome ceremony has been today held for Safar Abiyev at the Polish Defense Ministry. Safar Abiyev and Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak discussed bilateral and multilateral relations between the countries, as well as opportunitiesÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 12, 2013
The crowd in Fountains Square on January 12 called for the resignation of Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev over what they say is a widespread problem of hazing and bullying within the country's armed forces. Chanting slogans such as "Stop killing our soldiers" and "You must answer to us,"Ãâà...
Aljazeera.com
September 1, 2012
"Defence Minister Safar Abiyev received him, handed him his new rank and wished him success in his future military service," a defence ministry statement said. Azerbaijan also hit back at US criticism, insisting that the pardon awarded to Safarov after he had served eight years of his sentence conformedÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 14, 2012
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev said on March 12 during a two-day trip to Tehran that Baku would not allow its territory to be used for a Western military attack on Iran and was seeking closer cooperation with Iran to secure peace and stability in the region. Iranian President Mahmud AhmadinejadÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 29, 2010
"These kinds of attacks happen occasionally on military bases, where sometimes emotions run high." Military Impunity Today's shooting comes just days after President Ilham Aliyev awarded Defense Minister Safar Abiyev one of Azerbaijan's highest state honors for building up the country's armed forces.
