Aimed at creating the necessary legal framework in areas of extradition, India and Azerbaijan today inked three key pacts which also included treaties for mutual legal assistance in criminal and civil matters.
Visiting Justice Minister of Azerbaijan Fikrat Mammadov held a meeting with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde where the extradition treaty was signed.
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Mammadov signed the treaty on legal and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters while minister of state for External Affairs E Ahamed and the minister signed the contract for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
"These agreements will provide the necessary legal framework for facilitating our contacts and interaction in the areas of extradition of citizens of one country to the other, whenever required and for extending any legal assistance sought by one country from the other in the investigation of criminal as well as civil cases," a government statement released here said.
