Milli Təhlükəsizlik Nazirliyi | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1 November 1991 |
Preceding agency | |
Dissolved | 14 December 2015 |
Superseding agencies | |
Jurisdiction | Government of Azerbaijan |
Headquarters | Baku, Azerbaijan |
Website | www.mns.gov.az/ |
The Ministry of National Security (MNS, Azerbaijani: Milli Təhlukəsizlik Nazirliyi) was an intelligence agency within the cabinet of Azerbaijan. The MNS was a central executive authority that carried out the competencies designated to it by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the field of obtaining and analyzing information about foreign affairs, corporations, individuals.
The MNS also carried out intelligence, counter-intelligence, protection of state secrets, revealing, preventing, precluding and detection of crimes.