Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 20 June, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Agency for Intellectual Property of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed a memorandum on cooperation in the field of protection of copyright and related rights. The official signing ceremony was held as part of the Uzbek-Azerbaijani business forum in Tashkent.

The purpose of the document is to coordinate activities in the field of copyright and related rights, exchange of information, timely detection of violations and taking measures in relation to them.

On the basis of the memorandum, the parties will regularly exchange information on acts of legislation in the field of protection of copyright and related rights, amendments made to it and other innovations in this direction.

In accordance with the document, the parties also plan to implement measures to improve the skills of employees involved in the protection of copyright and related rights, and representatives of public organizations for the protection of property rights of authors and other creators, as well as for the mutual exchange of experience in these areas.

It should be noted that the document signed between the authorized bodies of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan will serve as a reliable protection of the copyrights of poets, creative people and other artists of the two fraternal peoples, historically closely related to each other.

This memorandum is an example of friendly interaction between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, indicating that cooperation between the parties is entering a qualitatively new stage.