Lukashenko, Aliev to examine bilateral relations in Minsk.

MINSK, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - The talks between Belarussian and
Azerbaijan presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Ilkham Aliev will be held here on Thursday.

"The leaders of the two countries will hold talks during Ilkham Aliev'
s official visit to Belarus where the sides will discuss the entire range
of bilateral relations," Itar-Tass learnt at the presidential press
service.
"The development of trade and economic relations, consolidation of
cultural and humanitarian contacts, inter-regional and departmental
cooperation" will be the main topics of the talks. Several joint documents
will be signed by the results of talks.
"We have formed sound legislation, and we have no problems in
cooperation between the governments, departments, enterprises and members
of the business communities. We expect to discuss during the visit many
issues which will give an additional impetus to our cooperation,"
Lukashenko said in an interview with the Azerbaijan Trend News agency on
the eve of Aliev's visit.
"We have boosted trade ten times over the past five years to slightly
over 100 million US dollars between the two countries, but this is below
our potential," he noted. "We should move faster and bring trade to 500
million dollars."
Lukashenko emphasised that in future, Belarus could open in Azerbaijan
enterprises to produce optics, electronics and create science-intensive
production facilities." According to the Belarussian president, "there is
a host of areas for cooperation", including the energy sphere. Belarus is
ready to participate in implementing the project of an Odessa-Brody oil
pipeline.
During the Minsk visit, the Azerbaijan president will deliver a speech
before the faculty and students of Belarussian State University and will
visit Belarussian enterprises.

.Russian policemen to cooperate with Abkhazia, SOssetia colleagues.

MOSCOW, November 12 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Interior Ministry will
cooperate with its Abkhazian and South Ossetian colleagues in joint
struggle against crime, Itar-Tass learnt at the press centre of the
Russian Interior Ministry.
"Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev held a meeting on
Wednesday with his Abkhazian counterpart Otar Khetsiya, at which the sides
signed agreements between the Russian and Abkhazian governments on
cooperation in struggle against crime as well as between the two
ministries," a source said.
According to documents, the law enforcement bodies of the two
countries will cooperate in prevention, spotting, staving off and laying
bare crimes against the personality and property, extremist activities,
including terror acts, as well as funding of terrorism.
"The Russian and Abkhazian interior ministries will also cooperate in
struggle against corruption, organised crime and will counter illicit
trafficking of arms and explosives," the Russian Interior Ministry
reported.
"The agreements also regulate cooperation in such spheres as
prevention and exposure of crimes in the economy, information technologies
and in intellectual property," the ministry noted.
"The sides specially emphasised that the signed agreements between the
Russian and Abkhazian governments on cooperation in struggle against crime
will give an impetus to partnership of law enforcement bodies of the two
states," the ministry underlined.
Besides, Nurgaliev met the South Ossetian interior minister on
Wednesday. The sides signed an agreement on cooperation between the two
ministries at the meeting.
"The document also provides for main forms and areas of perking up
cooperation in struggle against transborder organised crime and
international terrorism, practical aid in laying bare crimes, including
terrorist activities, joint purpose-oriented and preventive operations,
exchange of groups of officers of the ministries as well as exchange of
important information," the ministry stressed.
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