Azerbaijan`s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and Minister of National Defense of Turkiye Hulusi Akar have had a telephone conversation.

Minister Hulusi Akar expressed his condolences regarding a serviceman, who became martyr as a result of a provocation committed by the Armenian armed forces on January 11 in the direction of Kalbajar district of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border.

Hulusi Akar noted that the Turkish Armed Forces, today and always, stand by Azerbaijan in the fight for justice.