(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 15. At the invitation of
the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov, the delegation
headed by the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev went
on a working trip to St. Petersburg, trend reports.
The delegation visited the bas-relief of the National Leader at
6 Gorokhovaya Street, in front of the Higher School of the USSR
Ministry of State Security, where Heydar Aliyev studied in
1949–1950, and paid tribute to the memory of the brilliant
leader.
During the meeting, Kamran Aliyev thanked his Russian
counterpart for the invitation to pay a visit. The Prosecutor
General informed about the work carried out in our country under
the leadership of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev in the field of combating corruption, improving the business
and investment climate, state support for entrepreneurship and
accelerated development of the national economy.
The Prosecutor General of Russia thanked for the invitation to
the 33rd meeting of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General
of the States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States,
which will be held in Baku in September this year, and expressed
confidence that the event would be organized at a high level.
A number of issues of mutual interest were discussed at the
meeting, views were exchanged on areas of further cooperation.
Prosecutors General signed the Program of Cooperation between
the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and
the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation for
2024-2025.
Also today, the 5th trilateral meeting since 2021 between the
Prosecutor Generals of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia took
place.
Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov thanked his colleagues
for constructive interaction and efforts aimed at achieving peace
and stability in the region for the sake of the common well-being
of the Azerbaijani and Armenian peoples.
In addition, the effectiveness of the tripartite format was
noted and the work done by the parties to strengthen the rule of
law and the rule of law in the region was stressed.
Kamran Aliyev, noting Azerbaijan's full compliance with the
tripartite Statement of November 10, 2020, noted the need to
continue cooperation in this area, stressed the importance of
providing mine maps to protect human life and health, as well as
the environment.
The Prosecutor General said that in April of this year, two of
our servicemen, who were serving in Nakhchivan, got lost due to
poor visibility and were taken prisoner by the Armenian military,
and a criminal case was initiated against them based on false
evidence. Also on June 15, in continuation of terrorist and
provocative actions, the armed forces of Armenia opened fire from
firearms of various calibers on the servicemen of the State Border
Service of Azerbaijan serving at the Lachin border checkpoint
located at the beginning of the Lachin-Khankendi highway, on
sovereign territory our country, as a result of which our soldier
was injured. Such provocative steps are an obstacle to establishing
peace in the region, Kamran Aliyev noted.
At the meeting, the parties discussed the implementation of the
statements signed by the heads of state of Azerbaijan, Russia and
Armenia and issues of further cooperation in the legal sphere,
thereby once again supporting the agreement reached on
strengthening preventive measures to prevent situations that could
lead to tension in the future.