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Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev met on October 29 in Baku with Alexander Gutsan, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, who was attending the third high-level meeting of heads of law enforcement agencies combating corruption in member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Alexander Gutsan first visited the graves of national leader Heydar Aliyev and prominent ophthalmologist and academician Zarifa Aliyeva at the Alley of Honor, the Prosecutor General’s Office press service said, Operative Information Center-OMM reports.
At the meeting, Kamran Aliyev emphasized the importance of the principles of friendship, mutual understanding, trust and mutual assistance in relations between Azerbaijan and Russia.
The prosecutor general said that long-standing and effective cooperation had developed between the prosecution services of the two countries, stressing the need to further expand ties in areas of mutual interest.
The sides discussed the prompt and effective handling of requests for mutual legal assistance, the extradition of people accused or convicted of crimes, and the exchange of law enforcement experience and practices.
They highlighted the importance of the Statement of Intent on Developing Cooperation, signed by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation on April 9, 2021, in advancing cooperation in these areas.
Alexander Gutsan thanked his hosts for the meeting and noted the importance of existing cooperation between the prosecution services of the two countries.
The sides also exchanged views on tasks related to implementing the 2027–2028 Cooperation Program between the two countries’ prosecutor general’s offices, discussed in Kazan in September; improving international legal cooperation; and prospects for further developing bilateral ties.
In recognition of his contribution to effective cooperation and strengthening ties with the prosecution service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev awarded Alexander Gutsan the Azerbaijani Republic’s jubilee medal “100th Anniversary of the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan (1918–2018).”
After the meeting, the Russian delegation visited the History Museum of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Russia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan, Mikhail Yevdokimov, also attended the meeting.
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Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev has awarded his Russian counterpart, Alexander Gutsan, the jubilee medal “100th Anniversary of the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan.”
The award ceremony took place after a bilateral meeting between the prosecutor generals of Azerbaijan and Russia in Baku, Operative Information Center-OMM reports.
Alexander Gutsan was presented with the jubilee medal dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s prosecutor’s office.
