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Azerbaijan, Ukraine aspire for broader interaction in judicial field

20 February 2017 [18:50] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Amina Nazarli

In an effort to further enhance legal cooperation and business relations between the prosecutor's offices of Azerbaijan and Ukraine, a delegation led by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko visited Baku on February 20.

Visiting Baku at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Garalov, Lutsenko and his delegation had a meeting at the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Garalov addressed the event, stressing that the relations between the two parties were based on the strategic alliance, and signing of agreement “On Legal Assistance and Cooperation between the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan" in May 1994 plays an important role in increasing the content of a new level of ties between the prosecutor authorities of the two countries.

In turn, Lutsenko noted great interest for legal reforms successfully carried out in Azerbaijan. He emphasized the broad prospects of cooperation in the judiciary sphere, and the rapid development of relations between the two countries in various fields.

The sides had a wide exchange of views on the protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens of the two countries and the joint fight against crime, including terrorism and extremism. The talks also focused on the effective cooperation both in the bilateral format and within international organizations, improvement of contractual base in legal cooperation.

Following the meeting, the Ukrainian delegation visited the building of the Main and Administrative Directorate for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General's Office.

Lutsenko was received by Interior Minister Ramil Usubov to discuss a number of questions of mutual interest.

Usubov with great satisfaction emphasized that according to the political will of the Presidents of the two countries, friendship and signed intergovernmental documents, the relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine develop in all spheres, the law enforcement bodies of the two countries effectively cooperate in fighting crime, in particular, dangerous types of organized crime.

He expressed gratitude to Lutsenko for his role in this work, and also personal control of investigation of a number of the crimes committed against Azerbaijanis in the territory of Ukraine.

Lutsenko, for his part, expressed satisfaction with rapid development of Azerbaijan, the stability created in the country. The guest emphasized importance of further development of mutually beneficial and effective law enforcement cooperation of two countries.

The delegation then toured ASAN Service Center 5.

ASAN Service, established by the presidential decree in 2012, provides opportunity for state agencies to render their services in a uniformed and coordinated manner.

The Service reduces extra expenses and loss of time for many citizens, upgrades the level of professionalism, ensures a larger use of electronic services, increases transparency and strengthens the fight against corruption.

The Service, which already has 11 centers across the country, provides venues for state agencies to render their services in a uniformed and coordinated manner. Until 2018, the state plans to launch ten more centers in the regions of the country. 

Lutsenko was informed that the number of appeals submitted to "ASAN Service", Azerbaijan’s leading e-Government institution acting on behalf and in cooperation with other state entities in public service provision has reached 14 million, so far.

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