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The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a contest among bloggers on July 15 this year in order to strengthen counter-drug propaganda. Information about the subjects and rules of the contest, as well as evaluation criteria, were posted on the MIA pages in social networks.

The delegation headed by the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Police Lieutenant General Seyfulla Azimov, consisting of the Chief of the National Central Bureau of Interpol, Police Major General Alaslan Aghayev, Deputy Chief of the Bureau, Police Colonel Hamlet Babayev, and the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Turkey, Police Colonel Elshad Suleymanov take part in the 89th session of the International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL General Assembly held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, on November 23-25, 2021.

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.

Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel-General Vilayat Eyvazov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan in our country Bahrom Ashrafkhanov.

On October 22, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel-General Vilayat Eyvazov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey in our country Erkan Ozoral and newly appointed Counsellor for Internal Affairs of the Embassy, Major-General Nuri Ozturk.