Oklahoma–Azerbaijan National Guard Partnership

The Oklahoma-Azerbaijan National Guard Partnership is one of 25 European partnerships that make-up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 88 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program.^[2]

An Oklahoma Air National Guard member offload supplies in Baku, Azerbaijan.

History

• State Partnership was established in 2003^[3]
• Armenia–Azerbaijan relations are prominent in Azerbaijan's political and military agenda.
• Azerbaijan seeks to balance relations with neighbors Russia and Iran with that of the US and the West.^{[citation needed]}

Partnership mission

• Emphasis on enabling coalition support.
• Renovation on airfields in Azerbaijan
• Medical University MOUs and Agreements
• Build on established Agriculture University MOUs and current partnerships, USAID and DTRA projects.

Proposed cooperation:

• NATO Interoperability Cooperation
• Hone Agriculture and University Cooperation^[4]

References

1. "2012 EUCOM SPP Events" (PDF). U.S. European Command. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
2. "National Guard SPP". The National Guard. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
3. "SPP Data". U.S. European Command. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
4. "SPP Data" (PDF). U.S. European Command. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

External links

• The EUCOM State Partnership page for Oklahoma-Azerbaijan
• Department of Defense News on the Oklahoma-Azerbaijan Partnership
• EUCOM SPP
• National Guard Bureau SPP
• National Guard Bureau SPP News Archives