Azerbaijan and China emphasized that terrorism, separatism and extremism pose serious threats to national security and regional stability and stressed the importance of jointly combating these dangers.
These points were included in the “Joint Declaration on the Establishment of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Relations” signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the People’s Republic of China, APA reported. According to the declaration, the need to strengthen relations and exchange of information between the law enforcement and security agencies of the two countries, jointly fight against new threats such as drug trafficking, cross-border organized crime and cyber security was stressed. The parties emphasized the importance of jointly ensuring the security of the cooperation projects carried out between the two countries and the personnel involved in these projects. It was also noted that international cooperation in the field of humanitarian demining should be strengthened. The Azerbaijani side expressed its appreciation for China’s support to demining activities in Azerbaijan. The Chinese side, in turn, expressed its readiness to continue its support in this area and to provide material and technical assistance to strengthen Azerbaijan’s demining capacity.
