On June 26, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Italy Guido Crosetto.

Axar.az reports that the delegation includes Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Edmondo Chirielli.

President Ilham Aliyev said that today is a significant day in the history of Azerbaijan-Italy relations, and noted that a new page has opened in our relations, and that our countries have already started cooperation in the military-technical field.

The head of our state emphasized that Italy has a highly developed military-technical industry and evaluated the delivery of the "C-27J Spartan" type military transport aircraft presented today to Azerbaijan as an indicator of the high level of our relations.