BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. On February 16,
regular consular consultations were held in Baku between the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Trend reports with
reference to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
The Azerbaijani delegation at the consultations was led by the
head of the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Azerbaijan Emil Safarov, and the Georgian
delegation was led by the director of the Department of
International Law, Consular and Diaspora Affairs of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Georgia Giorgi Tabatadze.
The meeting was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia Faig
Guliyev, Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Azerbaijan Zurab
Pataradze, representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Justice and the State
Migration Service.
During the consular consultations, an exchange of views took
place on the current state and prospects for the development of
consular cooperation between the two countries, including the
signing of bilateral documents in this area.
The parties discussed issues related to protecting the rights
and freedoms of citizens of the two countries and providing them
with consular assistance, and agreed to intensify cooperation.
During the consultations, an exchange of views also took place
on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia in the fields of
justice, migration, education, social protection and other
important areas.
The heads of the two countries’ delegations signed a protocol of
the meeting following the negotiations.