Azerbaijan, Four Central Asian Nations Launch Joint Military Exercise

On October 14, Samarkand hosted the opening ceremony of the "Unity-2025" (Birlik-2025) joint regional exercise involving servicemen from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

The national anthems of the participating countries were performed during the official part of the event, The Caspian Post reports, citing Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry.

Ceremony speakers emphasized the importance of such joint exercises in terms of mutual exchange of experience and wished the exercise participants success.

Then, a concert program was presented to the participants of the event, and national songs of Uzbek and other nations were performed.

In conclusion, participating servicemen solemnly marched in front of the grandstand