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
Signed	16 August 2010
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Condition	Ratification of both parties
Expiration	16 August 2030 (Automatically extended every ten years, unless parties notify their withdrawal)
Signatories	Azerbaijan  Turkey
Parties	Azerbaijan  Turkey
Ratifiers	National Assembly of Azerbaijan Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Languages	Azerbaijani, 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

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

Ratification process

Azerbaijan

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

Turkey

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

See also

• Azerbaijan–Turkey relations