Minister of State for European and North American Affairs Leo Docherty is visiting Azerbaijan.

According to Azerbaijani media reports, British Ambassador to Azerbaijan Fergus Auld wrote on Twitter that Leo Docherty and First Deputy Head of the Coast Guard of the State Border Guard Service Rashad Sadigov discussed security issues in the Caspian Sea. "Together with Leo Docherty we met with Lieutenant General Rashad Sadigov, first deputy head of the coast guard of the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan. They discussed security issues in the Caspian Sea and other bilateral cooperation projects," the publication notes.

Docherty also held a meeting with local mine clearance experts. "Mine control is a very important part of our cooperation with Azerbaijan. That is why we met with demining experts during Leo Docherty's visit. We discussed the importance of anti-mine fighting and Britain's support for Azerbaijan in this area," Auld said in a Twitter post.