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Origin | 2003 |
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Country President | Ilham Aliyev |
Prime Minister | Novruz Mammadov |
Minister of Defense | Zakir Hasanov |
Ambassador to U.S. | Elin Suleymanov |
Ambassador to Azerbaijan | Robert Cekuta |
Adjutant General | Major General Robbie L. Asher |
2012 Engagements | 12[1] |
Current ISAF Pax | 94 |
NATO member | No |
EU member | No |

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[]
- ↑ "2012 EUCOM SPP Events". U.S. European Command. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319185109/http://eucom.mil/doc/24602/fiscal-year-2012-spp-events.pdf. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "National Guard SPP". The National Guard. http://www.nationalguard.mil/features/spp/default.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ↑ "SPP Data". U.S. European Command. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130121155756/http://www.eucom.mil/key-activities/partnership-programs/state-partnership-program. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "SPP Data". U.S. European Command. http://www.eucom.mil/doc/24569/oklahoma-azerbaijan-spp-update.pdf. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
External links[]
- The EUCOM State Partnership page for Oklahoma-Azerbaijan
- Department of Defense News on the Oklahoma-Azerbaijan Partnership
- EUCOM SPP
- National Guard Bureau SPP
- National Guard Bureau SPP News Archives
The original article can be found at Oklahoma–Azerbaijan National Guard Partnership and the edit history here.