The major objectives of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan are to protect the state border of the republic, fight against international terrorism, illegal migration and human trafficking, smuggling, drug trafficking, the proliferation of components of weapons of mass destruction, protection of oil and gas platforms and pipelines in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.

Furthermore, it is one of the main duties of State Border Service of Azerbaijan to overcome military attacks of troops or criminal groups of foreign countries to the territory of Azerbaijan Republic, protects people, state property, private property from those military and other actions and prevents this kind of actions.

"[6] On 15 June 2019, in honor of the National Salvation Day of Azerbaijanis, the SBS organized a procession with a 100 m long flag of Azerbaijan.

[11][12][13] The Border Guard Service also took part in extinguishing forest fires in the summer in the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park in central Georgia, sending two helicopters to help.

[14] In the fall of 2020, during the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh with the participation of the State Border Service, the Azerbaijani forces seized control of several settlements in Jabrayil District.

"[15] During the war, Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant of the Azerbaijani president, expressed concern over a photo published by Armenia's Defense Ministry in which Defense Minister David Tonoyan were with Armenian soldiers wearing military uniforms of the SBS, saying that they may "organize perpetration of military crimes against the civilian Armenian population, and attempting to put the responsibility on Azerbaijan".

The cooperation with the neighboring countries have been aimed to improve the security of the airspace of Azerbaijan and the maritime space in the Caspian Sea.

The purpose of his visit was due to the further cooperation and fight against international terrorism, illegal migration, drug trafficking and other crimes.

The purpose of the institution is to strengthen the control of the state border and to ensure bilateral cooperation for the future between Georgia and Azerbaijan.