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The Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
 on the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan from October 9, 1991. The equipment and facilities of the Soviet Fourth Army provided the main material source in the initial period.

The Armed Forces have four branches: Land Forces, Air Force and Air Defense Force (a united branch), Navy and Peacekeeping Forces.






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The Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
 on the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan from October 9, 1991. The equipment and facilities of the Soviet Fourth Army provided the main material source in the initial period.

The Armed Forces have four branches: Land Forces, Air Force and Air Defense Force (a united branch), Navy and Peacekeeping Forces. Besides the Armed Forces there are some additional forces, which are militarily organized and can be involved in state defense when needed. Those are the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and forces of the State Border Service, which includes Coastal Guard as well.

The current Defense Minister is colonel-general Safar Abiyev
Safar Abiyev

Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oglu Abiyev is the Defense Minister of Azerbaijan. In 1971 he finished the Baku Troops Command Academy and in 1981 the command faculty of Soviet military academies#Frunze Military Academy in Moscow....
, and Chief of Staff is colonel-general Najmaddin Sadykhov.

In July 1992, Azerbaijan ratified the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

The original Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe was negotiated and concluded during the last years of the Cold War and established comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment in Europe and mandated the destruction of excess weaponry....
 (CFE), which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment. Azerbaijan approved the CFE flank agreement in May 1997. It also has acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is a treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons, opened for signature on July 1, 1968....
 as a non-nuclear weapons state
List of countries with nuclear weapons

Nations that are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons are sometimes referred to as the nuclear club. There are currently nine states that have successfully detonated nuclear weapons....
. Azerbaijan participates in NATO
NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
's Partnership for Peace
Partnership for Peace

Partnership for Peace is a NATO program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 23 nations are members....
. The country also integrates the "Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, Azerbaijan, Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
 regional co-operation group", known as GUAM
Guam

Guam , officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized, unincorporated insular area of the United States....
.

In 2006 under presidential decree the Azerbaijan Defense Industry
Azerbaijan Defense Industry

The Azerbaijan Defense Industry was established in 2005 by presidential decree, the new Defense Industries Ministry, headed by Yavar Jamalov, incorporated the State Departments for Military Industry and for Armaments and the Military Science Center, each of which was formerly a separate agency within the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry....
 was established. The Azerbaijani defense industry is endowed with between $60-70 million in state funding, but is planned to be funded at least $600 million for 2007. The defense industry has emerged as an autonomous entity with a growing defense production capability. The new ministry is cooperating with the defense sectors of Turkey, Ukraine, Pakistan and the U.S.

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