Chief of Azerbaijani MNS Counter-intelligence detained

The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office detained the Chief of the Main Directorate of Counter-intelligence of the Ministry of National Security, Colonel Miraziz Askerov, on the basis of complaints received by the office. An investigation is currently under way.

Previously, the head of the Transport and Energy Safety Department of the Ministry of National Security, Major General Akif Chovdarov, was dismissed from his post.