Secretary Cohen opens a plenary meeting with Minister of Defense Gen.-Col. Safar Abiyev in the Pentagon.
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left foreground) opens a plenary meeting with Minister of Defense Gen.-Col. Safar Abiyev (right), of the Azerbaijani Republic, in the Pentagon on June 30, 2000. Cohen and his senior policy advisors are meeting with Abiyev to discuss a range of regional security issues. Seated left of Gen.-Col. Abiyev is the Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Hafiz Pashayev.