Tehran, IRNA – Justice minister and visiting prosecutor general of Azerbaijan Republic in a meeting agreed on the need to expand bilateral legal and judiciary relations.
Justice Minister Amin-Hossein Rahimi in the meeting referred to the age-old relations between the two countries, and argued that the upcoming state visit of the president of Azerbaijan to Iran is a sign for the high level of the two countries’ political relations, and comprehensive cooperation.
“Legal and judiciary interactions and cooperation between the two countries is expanding, and keeping in mind the upcoming Joint Economic Commission, it is necessary to implement its ratifications effectively,” said Rahimi.
The justice minister said the neighboring countries’ stability and security equals Iran’s stability and security, and the occurrence of difficulties and unrest in them is worrying for Iran.
He said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has dedicated 4,000 martyrs in campaign against narcotic drugs trafficking, adding that the largest producer of narcotic drugs in the world has long shared borders with Iran.
“Despite the heavy losses and lots of hardships in campaign against narcotic drugs trafficking it is very important for us that the other countries will be free from this nuisance, and therefore, out selfless and tremendous campaign in this respect has always been praised by the UN,” said the Iranian judiciary minister.
Rahim also referred to imprisonment of a relatively large number of Iranian citizens because of not being familiar with the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, that despite the previous prisoner exchanges the required moves for coming back of the rest of the Iranian citizens back home need to be pursued.
The prosecutor general of Azerbaijan Republic, too, in the meeting expressed satisfaction over the expanding trend of bilateral relations, and like Rahimi said that the Iran-Azerbaijan relation date back to remote past in history.
He said that the high level political ties between the two countries has led to the expansion of comprehensive relations and cooperation, including in the legal an judiciary field, so that as the judiciary forces of the two countries, we could also resolve the probable difficulties in other fields, such as in our bilateral commercial and trade field.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
