Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support

The Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support (Turkish: Stratejik Ortaklık ve Karşılıklı Yardım Anlaşması; Azerbaijani: Türkiyə-Azərbaycan Strateji Əməkdaşlıq Sazişi) between Azerbaijan and Turkey for strategic partnership and security co-operation was signed at Baku by Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Abdullah Gül.

Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support
Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support

Stratejik İşbirliği Anlaşması
Signed16 August 2010
LocationAzerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan
ConditionRatification of both parties
Expiration16 August 2030
(Automatically extended every ten years, unless parties notify their withdrawal)
Signatories Azerbaijan
 Turkey
Parties Azerbaijan
 Turkey
RatifiersNational Assembly of Azerbaijan
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
LanguagesAzerbaijani, Turkish

Under the terms of the treaty, both Turkey and Azerbaijan will support each other "using all possibilities" in the case of a military attack or aggression against either of the countries.[1]

Overview

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The Agreement consists of 23 articles and five chapters: "Military-political and security issues", "Military and military-technical cooperation", "Humanitarian issues", "Economic cooperation", and "Common and final provisions".

History

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Ratification process

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Azerbaijan

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The agreement was ratified by National Assembly of Azerbaijan on 21 December 2010.[2][3]

Turkey

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Following ratification by the Azerbaijani Assembly, Grand National Assembly of Turkey ratified on 2 February 2011.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Abbasov, Shahin. "Azerbaijan-Turkey Military Pact Signals Impatience with Minsk Talks -- Analysts". Eurasia.net. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Azerbaijan ratifies strategic partnership accord with Turkey". Xinhua. Retrieved 27 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ ""Azərbaycan Respublikası və Türkiyə Respublikası arasında strateji tərəfdaşlıq və qarşılıqlı yardım haqqında" Müqavilənin təsdiq edilməsi barədə". meclis.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Turkish parliament ratifies Turkish-Azerbaijani inter-governmental agreements". Trend News Agency. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2011.