Deputy Secretary Hamre and Minister Zulfiqarov shake hands and exchange documents.
Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre (left) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tofiq Zulfiqarov, of the Republic of Azerbaijan, shake hands and exchange copies of the document they just signed in the Pentagon, on Sept. 27, 1999. The agreement commits the two nations to cooperate in the area of counter-proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and related materials.