Turkey To Negotiates Defense Industry Partnership With Azerbaijan, Pakistan

Turkey is negotiating a partnership with Azerbaijan and Pakistan in the defense industry, the country’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) head İsmail Demir said on Friday in an interview with the CNN Türk. Turkey in recent years has been seeking to expand its domestic defense industry through export deals, with locally manufactured drones proving particularly popular with foreign buyers as they often come with fewer preconditions for use. “Our doors are open for cooperation with countries such as Azerbaijan and Pakistan, and we propose to unite efforts in this direction,” Demir said. “We will continue to take certain steps to cooperate…