Turkey and Azerbaijan completed the winter 2014 military exercises near the Armenian border, the Turkish General Staff said on its website.

The exercises were held on Feb. 18-20 on the Akbaba polygon in the province of Kars, on the border with Armenia.

The aim of the exercises was to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries and share information and experience.

The drills involved 1,714 army personnel from the two countries, 85 of them from Azerbaijan.

The main goal of the exercise was to strengthen interaction between the armed forces of the two fraternal states, the statement said. It also aimed to develop the skills of armed divisions during the tough winter conditions, including testing the ability of the units’ locating, accommodating, supplying, clothing and maintenance “in deep snow and extreme cold.”

The Turkish and Azerbaijani armies held joint military exercises on July 12 and 28 in Baku and Nakhchivan.

ANN.Az