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15 March 2012 [17:08] - Today.Az
The fight against international terrorism is a major activity of the National Security Ministry in Azerbaijan. Last year, due to comprehensive measures undertaken by the ministry, terrorist acts against the sovereignty and state security were successfully prevented, Deputy National Security Minister Ali Shafiyev said on Thursday speaking at a scientific conference on the role of youth in ensuring national security.
"And in January, a group that cooperated with foreign intelligence agencies and was preparing terrorist attacks against foreign nationals in Baku was neutralized," Shafiyev said.
The deputy minister, referring to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, expansionist and aggressive policy of Armenia, Armenian separatism and terrorism, said that tens of thousands of books, articles and scientific papers, including those by the well-known scientists on these issues were translated into many languages, printed and distributed in foreign countries. This work is carried out continuously in cooperation with other agencies, he said.
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Last year, Azerbaijan neutralized 26 transnational organized crime groups and individuals engaged in illicit drug trafficking in 2011, Azerbaijani Deputy National Security Minister Ali Shafiyev said on Thursday.
He said more than 600 kilograms of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances were seized from criminals. Seven international criminal groups and 24 individuals have been neutralized as a result of joint operations with Russian and Ukrainian counterparts. Some 353 kilograms of drugs were seized from the criminals, Shafiyev said.
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