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LAW OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

of November 26, 1993 No. 744

About defense

(In edition of the Laws of the Azerbaijan Republic of 27.02.2001 No. 94-IIQD, 05.10.2001 of No. 190-IIQD, 30.03.2004 of No. 612-IIQD, 20.04.2004 of No. 640-IIQD, 14.06.2005 of No. 938-IIQD, 03.03.2006 of No. 72-IIIQD, 03.03.2006 of No. 73-IIIQD, 20.10.2006 of No. 171-IIIQD, 31.10.2017 of No. 828-VQD, 01.05.2018 of No. 1109-VQD, 08.10.2024 of No. 46-VIIQD, 14.07.2025 of No. 241-VIIQD)

The Azerbaijan Republic, proceeding from the Constitutional act "About the State Independence of the Azerbaijan Republic" and the international precepts of law, assumes as a basis the principles of peaceful co-existence with all states and keeps the defense capability at the level of defense sufficiency for protection against aggression.

This Law determines bases of the organization of defense of the Azerbaijan Republic.

I. General provisions

Article 1. Bases of defense of the Azerbaijan Republic

Defense of the Azerbaijan Republic is system of the political, economic, legal, military and social measures performed by the state for the purpose of ensuring preserving the state independence, territorial integrity, sovereignty of the Azerbaijan Republic and protection of the population against aggression.

The purpose of defense of the Azerbaijan Republic is creation of all necessary conditions for ensuring suppression of military attack on the Azerbaijan Republic and the armed repelling possible aggression against it at any time and under any circumstances.

Defense of the Azerbaijan Republic is based on permanent readiness for defense of Armed Forces, economy, the population, the territory and will be organized according to the military doctrine of the state.

The military doctrine of the Azerbaijan Republic is determined by the principle of defense sufficiency in construction of Armed Forces and is based on lack of territorial claim of the Azerbaijan Republic to any state and not unleashing by the first if does not become object of aggression, military operations against any state, except the obligations relying on international law.

Article 2. Organization of defense of the Azerbaijan Republic

Enters into the organization of defense of the Azerbaijan Republic:

forming of military policy and doctrine of the state;

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