On February 17, within the framework of the IDEX-2025 International Defense Exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Azerbaijan's Minister of Defense Industry Vugar Mustafayev met with Mansurjon Ibodullaev, Director of the Defense Industry Agency under Uzbekistan’s Defense Ministry, Report informs, citing Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for the development of cooperation between the two countries in the military-technical field and exchanged detailed views on several issues of mutual interest.

At the end of the meeting, a Road Map for cooperation was signed between Azersilah Defense Industry Holding CJSC under the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan and the Defense Industry Agency under the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Additionally, during the exhibition, Vugar Mustafayev met with the heads of Türkiye's Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi A.Ş. (The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation), UAE's International Golden Group, Serbia's Jugoimport, and the Federal Republic of Germany's Rheinmetall companies. These meetings focused on discussing opportunities for joint cooperation in the defense industry and the development prospects of military-technical relations.