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An event dedicated to 29th anniversary of establishment of Internal Troops was held under the leadership of Minister of Internal Affairs, Colonel-General Vilayat Eyvazov on March 12.

Minister of Internal Affairs Colonel-General Vilayat Eyvazov received the delegation headed by General Nadeem Raza, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Republic of Pakistan, on March 5.

On February 17, Minister of Internal Affairs Colonel General Vilayat Eyvazov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Azerbaijan Bilal Haye.

On January 18, the Ministry of Internal Affairs held a board meeting dedicated to the results of activities in the field of crime prevention, protection of public order and maintenance of public security in 2020 as well as to the forthcoming tasks. The meeting was held via video conference due to the epidemic situation in the country.

Due to the special quarantine regime announced in some cities and regions of the country for preventing the spread of coronavirus infection, entry and exit from the administrative territories is carried out only based on appropriate business trip certificates or data entered on the “icaze.e-gov.az" web site. Recently, there has been mass travel of people together with family members, especially those who are living and working in the territory of Baku, Sumgayit and Absheron district, to recreation areas in certain regions of the republic on weekends or under the pretext of pre-holiday business trips.

The internal affairs authorities monitor compliance with the rules of mandatory self-isolation of patients with positive COVID-19 test results.

Temporary commandants were appointed to the liberated regions.