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Azerbaijan-Latvia cooperation in emergency situations discussed
Baku, May 31 (AZERTAC). Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov visited Latvia on May 29-30 on the invitation of the minister of home affairs of Latvia Linda Murniesenin.
In Riga Azerbaijan Minister of Emergency Situations and Latvian Interior Minister held a meeting in presence of delegations.
The meeting focused on cooperation between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Republic and Ministry of Home Affairs of Latvia in the field of elimination of consequences of emergency situations, their prevention and monitoring.
The sides also discussed the execution of an agreement between the governments of Azerbaijan and Latvia on prevention and liquidation of emergency situations, which was signed January 17, 2011 in Riga.
As part of the visit Kamaladdin Heydarov also met with Latvia`s President Valdis Zatlers and the country`s Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.