President Aliyev receives Iran’s Border Guard Commander
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has today received the Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Commander, Qasem Rezaee, Azertac state news agency reported.
Recalling his recent visit to Iran, the head of state said the visit produced wonderful results and stressed the importance of the fact that the two countries signed 12 documents on the bilateral cooperation.
President Aliyev said cooperation between the two countries covered all areas and was rapidly developing. He pointed to the history of ties between the Azerbaijani and Iranian border services, adding that the visit of Rezaee would give impetus to these relations. The head of state said the two countries and nations were bound together by ties of history.
The president further said Azerbaijan and Iran were jointly addressing international challenges, and underlined the significance of expanding the coordination of the activity of the two countries` border services and deepening their cooperation.
Rezaee, in turn, hailed the importance of President Aliyev`s and Iranian President Hasan Rouhani`s supporting the development of relations between the border services.
He praised President Aliyev`s last visit to Iran, saying fruitful discussions were held during the trip Rezaee said high-level reciprocal visits would give impetus to the expansion of cooperation between the border services of Azerbaijan and Iran.
During the Baku visit, Rezaee also mulled operational conditions on the state border with Chief of the Azerbaijani State Border Service Elchin Guliyev.
They explored prospects of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan’s State Border Service and Iranian Border Troops. They also discussed ways of addressing common threats along borders, joint fight against illegal drug trafficking and organized crime as well as protection of borders.
The two highlighted the importance of enhancing cooperation between border agencies in ensuring security on Azerbaijan-Iran border, border checkpoints and in the Caspian Sea basin.
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