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By Jamila Babayeva

President Ilham Aliyev received Georgia's Interior Minister on May 13.

Minister Aleksandre Tchikaidze is on an official visit to Azerbaijan.

During the meeting, the parties recalled President Aliyev's recent visit to Georgia with pleasure, and noted the importance of strengthening strategic cooperation between the two countries in all areas discussed during the visit.

The sides also exchanged views over the development of bilateral cooperation in various fields and between the internal affairs bodies.

Tchikaidze also met his Azerbaijani counterpart Ramil Usubov, and the two sides reviewed the prospects for further co-operation in law enforcement, particularly in the districts near the state border.

Usubov briefed the Georgian delegation, headed by Tchikaidze, on the crime situation in Azerbaijan, and the works implemented to ensure political stability in the country.

The sides also noted that the documents signed between Azerbaijan and Georgia over the past years have given impetus to the development of relations between the two countries, both bilaterally and at the level of international organizations.

Usubov also spoke about existing problems, and highlighted the possibility of a joint effective combatingtransnational organized crime, including drug trafficking, international terrorism, human trafficking, and illegal migration.

Tchikaidze, in turn, expressed the interest of the Georgian side in the development of relations with Azerbaijan, as well as between the two countries' internal affairs bodies.

Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Teymuraz Sharashenidze also attended the meeting.