Azerbaijan and Turkey signed in Baku 18 September 2006 a protocol of the 3rd session of the joint commission on cooperation in the sphere of labor and social security, Trend reports. The protocol was undersigned by the Azerbaijani Minister for Labor and Social Security, Fizuli Alekperov, and the Turkish Minister for Social Security, Murad Bsheskioglu.
During the meeting the two sides also signed two documents a part of this cooperation Additional agreement on injection of changes into the agreement on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey in the sphere of labor and social security, signed on 17 July 1998 and a Protocol on injection of changes into the procedure agreement on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey in the sphere of labor and social security, signed on 6 May 2004.
The 1st meeting of joint commission in the sphere of labor and social security between Azerbaijan and Turkey was held in Baku in 2001, the 2nd in Ankara in 2005. It is planned to organize the 4th meeting in Turkey. At present the discussions over the protocol of the 3rd meeting are underway.