Project for protection of the land border between Azerbaijan and Georgia
On November 28, 2014, the official opening and signing ceremony
of the project for improvement of the border management system between Azerbaijan and Georgia was held at "Fairmont" hotel, reads a press release of UN office to Baku.
Azerbaijan and Georgia decided to apply the IBM (Integrated Border Management) Concept to their green borders. As a result, the Government of Azerbaijan, in cooperation with the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme, launched the implementation of the project on "Better coordination of protection of the land border between Azerbaijan and Georgia”.
The project mainly covers security issues at the green border between two countries and will focus on further development of activities aimed at creation and implementation of a mechanism for coordinated action by border authorities of Azerbaijan and Georgia. The project will also strengthen the cooperation between the State Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic and Georgian Border Police, improvement of border protection and control procedures. The development of training programs for officials of the two countries and creation of a modern infrastructure with high-level technical equipment are the main goals of the project as well.
The most recent project of this kind was “Support to Integrated Border Management Systems in the South Caucasus”, implemented in 2010-2012. -0-
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