Editing Azerbaijani Armed Forces (section)

=== Newly formed military ===
[[File:Рота почетного караула на параде, 1966 г.jpg|thumb|A Guard of Honor during a parade in Baku in 1966]]
In summer 1992, the nascent Defense Ministry received a resolution by the Azerbaijani president on the takeover of units and formations in Azerbaijani territory. It then forwarded an ultimatum to Moscow demanding control over vehicles and armaments of the 135th and 139th Motor Rifle Regiments of the [[295th Motor Rifle Division]].<ref>Vladimir Petrov, [http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/4-2002/dp/hscwa/?form=print How South Caucasus was armed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024014020/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/4-2002/dp/hscwa/?form=print |date=24 October 2007 }}, Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (Moscow, Russia)</ref> In July 1992, Azerbaijan ratified the [[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]] (CFE), which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment. 

The transfer of the property of the 4th Army (except for part of the property of the 366th Motor Rifle Regiment of the [[23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division]] captured by Armenian armed formations in 1992 during the regiment's withdrawal from Stepanakert) and the 49th arsenal was completed in 1992. Thus, by the end of 1992, Azerbaijan received arms and military hardware sufficient for approximately four motor rifle divisions with prescribed army units. It also inherited naval ships. There are also reports that 50 combat aircraft from the disbanded [[Baku Air Defence Army|19th Army]] of the [[Soviet Air Defence Forces]] came under Azerbaijani control.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

“Full-fledged work on the creation of a national army in Azerbaijan began only in November 1993, when the ..situation.. began to stabilize.”<ref>JPRS Report. Central Eurasia: Military Affairs, 1995</ref> Articles for draft evasion and desertion were introduced. 

The Azerbaijani armed forces took a series of devastating defeats by Armenian forces<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eur/rls/or/13508.htm |title=1993 UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh |access-date=25 May 2019 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224204733/https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eur/rls/or/13508.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> during the 1992–1994 [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War|Nagorno-Karabakh War]], which resulted in the loss of control of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and seven surrounding [[rayon]]s, comprising roughly 20%<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/IDPs-in-Azerbaijan-48091|title=IDPs in Azerbaijan|last=Caucaso|first=Osservatorio Balcani e|work=Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso|access-date=2017-09-26|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920142918/https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/IDPs-in-Azerbaijan-48091|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2008/ga10693.doc.htm|title=GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN, DEMANDING WITHDRAWAL OF ALL ARMENIAN FORCES {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|website=www.un.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818000902/http://www.un.org/press/en/2008/ga10693.doc.htm|archive-date=18 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.angloasianmining.com/azerbaijan/history/|title=Anglo Asian Mining PLC|website=www.angloasianmining.com|access-date=2017-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920141823/http://www.angloasianmining.com/azerbaijan/history/|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2014/12/02/the-ever-thorny-azerbaijani-armenian-dossier-a-territorial-dispute-with-broad-regional-implications/|title=The Ever-Thorny Azerbaijani-Armenian Dossier: A Territorial Dispute With Broad Regional Implications {{!}} Foreign Policy Journal|date=2014-12-02|work=Foreign Policy Journal|access-date=2017-09-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190636/https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2014/12/02/the-ever-thorny-azerbaijani-armenian-dossier-a-territorial-dispute-with-broad-regional-implications/|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> of the territory of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani sources insist that Armenian victory was largely due to military help from Russia and the wealthy [[Armenian diaspora]]. Armenians partially deny the allegation, claiming that Russian side was equally supplying Armenian and Azerbaijani sides with weapons and mercenaries. During the war, the Azerbaijani armed forces were also aided by Turkish military advisers, and Russian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Afghan mercenaries.

Azerbaijan approved the CFE flank agreement in May 1997.