AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

of March 14, 2019

About cooperation

The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Azerbaijan Republic which further are referred to as with the Parties

based on the Treaty of friendship and cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Azerbaijan Republic of May 2, 2007,

proceeding from the mutual aspiration to develop full cooperation and interaction on the questions which are of mutual interest

attaching special significance to importance of international cooperation as one of conditions of effective counteraction of crime in its different manifestations, especially in organized and transnational forms,

aiming it is most efficient to protect rights and freedoms of man and citizen,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The parties perform full cooperation and interaction according to this agreement, being effective within the competence in case of compliance with law and international treaties of the states.

Article 2

1. The parties cooperate within the competence in the following main directions:

fight against crime, including in its organized forms, terrorism, corruption, arms trafficking, drugs and psychotropic substances, crimes in the field of economy and high technologies and other types of the crimes posing the increased threat for society;

ensuring protection of rights and freedoms of man and citizen;

preparation and advanced training of personnel for bodies of pretrial investigation;

research activities for the questions which are of mutual interest.

2. This agreement does not raise the questions of issue of persons who committed crimes and rendering legal assistance on criminal cases.

Article 3

1. The cooperation of the Parties is performed in the following forms:

exchange of information which can promote the prevention, identification, disclosure and investigation of crimes, including about the committed crimes and persons, involved in them;

experience exchange of work on the organization of activities of bodies of pretrial investigation of the states of the Parties, to implementation of investigative practice;

rendering assistance when conducting checks according to statements and messages of citizens and stateless persons, and also legal entities for the committed crimes;

exchange of the legislative and other regulatory legal acts operating in the states of the Parties in spheres of law-enforcement activities, fight against crime, protection of rights and freedoms of man and citizen and also departmental editions and scientific and methodical materials;

carrying out working meetings and consultations concerning accomplishment of international treaties in the criminal and legal sphere which participants are the states of the Parties, and also on the questions which are of mutual interest including submitted for discussion at different international forums;

holding fact-finding visits and training, rendering assistance in preparation and advanced training of personnel of the Parties, including by the direction of staff of one Party in scientific and educational institutions of other Party;

carrying out joint scientific research, scientific and practical seminars and conferences, preparation of joint scientific publications;

exchange of statistical information on condition, dynamics and tendencies of crime;

exchange of educational literature and scientific publications.

2. This agreement does not interfere with the Parties in determination and development of other mutually acceptable directions and forms of cooperation and interactions in case of observance of conditions, stipulated in Article 1.

Article 4

Agents of the parties if necessary hold working meetings and consultations for the purpose of consideration of questions of strengthening and increase in efficiency of cooperation based on this agreement.

Article 5

The parties when implementing cooperation and interaction based on this agreement use Russian.

Article 6

The parties independently incur the expenses arising during the course of performance this agreement if in each case other procedure is not approved.

Article 7

Disagreements which can arise in connection with interpretation and application of this agreement are solved by consultations and negotiations between the Parties.

Article 8

1. Coordination of actions for cooperation of the Parties within this agreement is assigned to the following structural divisions of the Parties which can interact with each other directly:

from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus - International legal department

220034, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, st. of M. Frunze, 19

phone/fax (the +375th 17) 3895158,

e-mail: m.vavulo@sledcom.by, d.dmitruk@sledcom.by

from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Azerbaijan Republic - Management of international backgrounds

AZ1001, Azerbaijan Republic, Baku, Ulitsa N. Rafibeyli, 7

phone (the +99th 412) 4926198, 4921574, fax 4928751

e-mail: international@prosecutor.gov.az.

2. In case of change of the above-stated structural divisions of the Party without delay notify on this each other.

Article 9

According to the mutual arrangement of the Parties changes and additions which are drawn up by separate protocols can be made to this agreement and are integral part of this agreement.

If other is not established, such protocols become effective and are effective according to the procedure, stipulated in Article the 11th this agreement.

Article 10

This agreement does not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties following from other international treaties which participants are the Republic of Belarus and the Azerbaijan Republic.

Article 11

This agreement is signed sine die and becomes effective from the date of its signing.

Each of the Parties can stop its action by the direction of the adequate written notice to other Party. This agreement terminates after 60 days from the date of receipt of such notification by other Party.

Cancellation of this agreement does not influence accomplishment of the obligations which arose earlier within this agreement except cases when concerning them there is other arrangement.

This agreement is signed on March 14, 2019 in the city of Baku in duplicate, everyone in the Russian and Azerbaijani languages. Both texts are equally authentic.

For the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus Ivan Noskevich Signature

For the Prosecutor General's Office of the Azerbaijan Republic Zakir Garalov Signature

 

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