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Azerbaijan, Ukraine sign cooperation program in social policy

Xinhua, January 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

Azerbaijan and Ukraine signed a cooperation program in the field of social policy here on Friday, according to the official media.

Azerbaijan's Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population Salim Muslumov and Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Andriy Reva have signed the document as part of Reva's two-day visit to Azerbaijan.

Following the signing ceremony, Andriy Reva said that the document provides conditions for the implementation of the agreements earlier signed by the two countries.

"The program specifies those measures that we are going to take to fulfill already reached agreements. These practical measures will be implemented by our agencies in order to give real meaning to the already existing agreements. We do not think that there is a need to sign something new; we just need to focus on implementation of what we have already agreed. We are talking about such areas as labour, social protection, including pensions, social insurance, employment, labor protection and other areas," said the Ukrainian minister.

Salim Muslimov pointed out that the four agreements have been already signed between the Ukrainian and Azerbaijani ministries including the agreement envisaging social protection of Ukrainian citizens working in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani citizens working in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Andriy Reva's visit to Baku focused on new areas of cooperation in the field of labor and social protection. The Ukrainian side is also willing to benefit from experience of Azerbaijan in the sphere of accommodation of refugees and internally displaced persons. Endit