Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov met with Belarusian Minister for Emergency Situations Vadim Sinyavsky (video, photo)

The Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Kamaladdin Heydarov, met with a delegation led by the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, Major General of Internal Service Vadim Sinyavsky, who is visiting our country in connection with the XXI World Championship among Men and the XII World Championship among Women in fire and rescue sport, held in Baku.

Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov warmly welcomed the guests and thanked them for their participation in the world championship, touched upon the importance of organizing such a prestigious sport event in our country, and expressed his confidence that the competition will give impetus to strengthening professional relations among rescuers from member countries of the International Sport Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers and the development of fire and rescue sport.

Recalling that high-level relations between Azerbaijan and Belarus are constantly expanding, Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov noted that within this framework, effective cooperation experience has been formed between the Ministries of Emergency Situations of the two countries over many years. The Minister emphasized the importance of regular contacts and mutual exchange of experience in the field of preventing emergencies and eliminating their consequences.

He expressed his belief that this visit and the regulation on the organization of interaction and information exchange signed between the Ministries of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan and Belarus during the visit will make a significant contribution to expanding the exchange of operational information and experience related to emergency situations.

Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, Vadim Sinyavsky expressed gratitude for the cordial meeting and emphasized that the World Championship in fire and rescue sport in Baku was organized at a high level.

Minister V. Sinyavsky spoke about the mutual benefit of the cooperation between the relevant emergency combat agencies of the two countries within the framework of the rapid development of multifaceted relations between Azerbaijan and Belarus. He noted that visits at various levels, meetings held and signed documents make a special contribution to the development of relations. In this sense, he said that the negotiations held during the current visit and the signed document will create a basis for further expansion of relations between the Ministries of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan and Belarus.

A broad exchange of views was held on issues of mutual interest during the meeting.

Then, the "Regulation on the organization of interaction and information exchange between the Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the state enterprise "Republican Emergency Management and Response Center of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus" was signed.

The document was signed by the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Kamaladdin Heydarov, and the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, Major General of Internal Service Vadim Sinyavsky.

Later, Vadim Sinyavsky presented the badge "For Promotion of Life Safety" to Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov for his significant contribution to the development and improvement of activities in the field of protecting the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies, as well as to the organization of interaction with the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus.

As part of the visit, the delegation of the Belarusian Ministry for Emergency Situations visited a number of institutions of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations and got acquainted with their activities on site.