Issues of ensuring border security are under the special attention of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, head of Azerbaijan’s State Border Service Colonel-General Elchin Guliyev said at the 86th session of the Council of Commanders of the CIS Border Troops.

“Over the past 20 years, the head of state has visited various military units of the State Border Service more than forty times and personally got acquainted with the state of affairs in the units. With the direct support of Mr. President, a set of steps and measures have been and are taken to improve the border security system,” Guliyev said.

According to him, the necessary measures are being taken to improve the border infrastructure and the social protection of personnel.