Ukraine's Labour and Social Policy Minister Mikhail Papiyev is expected to pay an official visit to Baku on November 8-14. According to the Azerbaijan labour and Population Social Protection Ministry, issues on building up a joint work group on cooperation in the field of labour and social protection between the Ministers of the two countries, the situation with the implementation of the agreements, as well as other questions the both parties are interested in are expected to be discussed within the visit.
The cooperation between the two Bodies is built on the basis of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Sphere of Labour, Employment, and Social Protection signed in May 19, 2000.
Within the forthcoming visit, the Ukrainian labour Minister is expected to meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Labour Minister Fuzuli Alakbarov, Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund Salim Muslimov, etc. Signing of a protocol is expected as results of the meetings between the Labour Ministers of the two countries.