Oklahoma – Azerbaijan National Guard Partnership

Oklahoma-Azerbaijan State Partnership
Origin 2003
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.

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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