Construction of seismic station to be completed soon in Shusha

Academician Isa Habibbayli has said that the Republican Seismological Service Centre under the Azerbaijani National Academy of Science (ANAS) closely cooperates with of the Turkish Interior Ministry's Agency for Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) and that the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on earthquake observation systems signed between the parties will raise relations to a new level.

He made the remarks at a meeting with the delegation of the AFAD held at the Presidium of ANAS on September 8, APA reports. 

He noted that the Memorandum envisages the construction of a seismic station in Shusha by AFAD and the works in this direction will be finalised soon.

The ANAS President added that the same document includes such points as the construction of seismic stations in the liberated territories, joint research, and exchange of experience and software and that the meeting will positively contribute to the upcoming goals.

AFAD head Orhan Tatar in turn noted that the transfer of AFAD's technologies to Azerbaijan is the main task of the structure. He emphasised that the first step taken in this direction will be the early completion of the seismic station in Shusha.