ADA, UNODC ink MoU
Azerbaijan`s ADA University and United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
The MoU was inked by pro-rector of the ADA University Fariz
Ismayilzade and deputy executive director of the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime Aldo Lale-Demoz, AzerTag news agency
reported.
The parties agreed on establishment of productive cooperation in
the field of cyber-security, as well as on organization of joint
trainings and other events on the national and international level.
They also agreed to conduct joint research and analyses over the
fight against transnational organized crime and terrorism.
Speaking to the signing ceremony, Aldo Lale-Demoz hailed relations
between Azerbaijan and the UNODC, adding Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev`s meeting with executive director general of the UN
Vienna Office Yury Fedotov in Vienna headquarters in May, 2013
pushed the ties to dynamic development. He also stressed the
importance of the MoU.
He noted the importance which Azerbaijan attached to cooperation
with UNODC was connected with the country`s contributions to fight
against transnational organized crime, and hailed Azerbaijan`s
efforts towards this direction.
He recalled UNODC delegation`s meeting at the ADA University on the
sidelines of Azerbaijan trip, adding the experts hailed conditions
created at the University.
Ismayilzade briefed Aldo Lale-Demoz on the history and activity of
the ADA University, which he noted was established under President
Ilham Aliyev`s Decree.
He stressed the importance of the MoU signed with the UNODC for
cooperation in the field of cyber-security.
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