Mr. Bekir Şahin, General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal, paid an official visit to Azerbaijan between 29 May–3 June 2021 upon the invitation of Mr. Kamran Aliyev, General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The accompanying delegation of Mr. Bekir Şahin consisted of Mr. Ömer Kara, Ms. Dr. İlknur Altuntaş, Mr. Turan Kuloğlu and Mr. Salih Ay, Prosecutors of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
It was the first official visit of Mr. Bekir Şahin after successful completion of the operation carried out by Azerbaijan for the liberation of the occupied territories against the attacks of Armenia, started on 27 September 2020.
During the meetings held within the framework of the visit, further strengthening of the existing legal cooperation between two brother countries, which are grounded on the notion “One Nation Two States”, was evaluated and mutual opinions were exchanged. A new Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 31 May 2021 to replace the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 16 March 2015 in order to strengthen cooperation and share experiences between the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Mr. Şahin was awarded with a “medal” by Mr. Kamran Aliyev, General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the strong cooperation and friendly relations with General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Moreover, negotiations were held on the draft founding document of “Council of General Prosecutors of Turkic Council Member States” in order to develop and strengthen cooperation, and to create a permanent consultation and working opportunity between the General Prosecution Offices of the member states of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States.
During the visit, Mr. Şahin and his accompanying delegation were received by Mr. İlham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Mr. Şahin and his delegation had meetings with Mr. Ramiz Rzayev, the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal and Mr. Fikrat Mammadov, Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan. Within the scope of the Program, the delegation visited the Ganja City Prosecutor’s Office and it was seen that the places where 26 civilians died and 142 people were injured by the ballistic missile attacks carried out four times in October 2020 by the Armenians during the 44-day Nagorno-Karabakh War under the claim that these places were military facilities, are civilian residential areas in Ganja city center.
Announced respectfully.
