BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 11. On June 11, the
first consular consultations between the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand were held in Baku, the
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry says.


The Azerbaijani delegation at the consultations was led by the
head of the consular department, Emil Safarov, and the Thai
delegation was led by the director general of the department of
consular affairs, Mungkorn Pratumkayev.


During the consular consultations, the current state and
prospects for the development of consular cooperation between
Azerbaijan and Thailand were examined, as well as issues of
expanding the bilateral legal framework, developing new cooperation
mechanisms, and strengthening the institutional foundations for
interaction in relevant areas.


The parties reviewed existing experience and best practices in
the area of ​​evacuating citizens and providing them with prompt
consular assistance in crisis situations.


In addition, an exchange of views took place on the latest
innovations in the consular sphere, including the experiences of
both countries and the mechanisms applied in the field of
digitalization of consular services.