BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 14. On July 14, in the
city of Shusha, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations,
Colonel General Kamaleddin Heydarov, met with Slovakia’s Minister
of the Interior, Matúš Šutaj Eštok, who had arrived in Azerbaijan
as part of a delegation accompanying President Peter Pellegrini of
the Slovak Republic on his official visit.
This was announced by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of
Azerbaijan.
According to the Ministry, during the meeting, it was noted with
satisfaction that, thanks to the political foresight and mutual
trust of the leaders of both countries, Azerbaijan and Slovakia
have established a strategic partnership based on friendship,
mutual respect, and close cooperation. It was also emphasized that
there is significant potential for further developing cooperation
between the relevant agencies of the two countries.
Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov briefed his Slovak counterpart,
Matúš Šutaj Eštok, in detail on the activities of Azerbaijan’s
Ministry of Emergency Situations, including ongoing humanitarian
demining operations in the liberated territories of Karabakh and
Eastern Zangezur. Confidence was expressed that the meeting would
lay a solid foundation for developing cooperation and exchanging
expertise between the two ministries in various areas of responding
to natural and man-made emergencies, including civil defense, risk
assessment, the implementation of preventive measures, the
organization of rescue operations, and other fields.
Slovak Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok expressed his
gratitude for the warm welcome and noted the mutual benefits of
leveraging existing potential to develop multifaceted cooperation
between the relevant agencies of Azerbaijan and Slovakia in the
field of emergency management.
The meeting featured a wide-ranging exchange of views on issues
of mutual interest.
