Presided over by Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kolokoltsev, a meeting of the Joint Board of the Interior Ministries of Tajikistan and Russia took place in Dushanbe yesterday. The meeting reportedly focused on issues related to bilateral collaboration between the ministries in fighting extremism, terrorism, transnational crime and drug trafficking.
The meeting participants also touched upon issues of cooperation between the ministries in searching for criminals evading trial, according to the Tajik interior ministry’s website.
Speaking at the meeting, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda noted that “due to efforts taken by both ministries a joint fight against crime has been intensified and there is hope that significant progress will be made in the near future.”
The meeting reportedly resulted in signing of the plan of cooperation for 2019.