On November 24th a seminar on border security and combating drug trafficking supported by NATO was held here by Azerbaijan`s State Border Service.
The two-day event gathered border officials from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as, representatives of NATO, UN, European Union, OSCE and officials of Azerbaijan`s Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Security, Internal Affairs, Defence, State Migration Service, Customs Committee, State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking, representatives of embassies accredited in Azerbaijan.
The seminar saw presentations on effective border management systems, fight against spread of drugs, and also discuss fight against cross-border crime.
In the opening, Chief of Azerbaijan`s State Border Service Elchin Guliyev, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, NATO Deputy Secretary General Hussein Dirioz addressed the event and spoke of the importance of the seminar.

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