Azerbaijan's Interior Troops 'combat-ready'

Tue 09 March 2010 13:37 GMT | 18:37 Local Time

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The commander of Azerbaijan's Interior Troops has praised the troops' level of training and equipment.

'The combat readiness of the Interior Troops is perfect.The troops have been supplied with the most modern arms and military equipment. The Interior Troops are as well equipped as similar bodies in leading states,' the commander of the Interior Troops, Lieutenant-General Zakir Hasanov, told journalists today.

He outlined reform carried out amongst the Interior Troops and work done to improve the combat readiness and social provision of personnel. Hasanov said that Azerbaijani soldiers were able to fulfill all their objectives, including liberation of the occupied territories.

He said that the officers of the Interior Troops had attended training courses in major training centres worldwide.

Zakir Hasanov said the experience of leading states had been used to create the most modern education system in Azerbaijan for the Interior Troops.

New hostels, canteens and military camps have been built the Interior Troops. Hasanov said the troops were given traditional Azerbaijani meals at least three times a day and there was no problem with nutrition. The Interior Troops has a modern to test food quality.

Azerbaijan's Interior Troops are subordinate to the Interior Ministry, while the regular army is subordinate to the Defence Ministry.

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