DUSHANBE, September 4, 2014, Asia-Plus — Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda is participating in a session of the CIS Council of Interior Ministers that kicked off in Cholpon-Ata, a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, on September 4.
“During the meeting that will run through September 6, members of the CIC Council of Interior Ministers will discuss ten issues,” said Jaloliddin Sadriddinov, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior o Tajikistan (MoI). “Among them are issues related to priorities of cooperation between police forces of the CIS member nations and the progress of implementation of the interstate crime prevention programs.”
The agenda also includes the routine security issues of combating crimes and draft documents concerning tracing of persons by competent agencies and return of minors to their countries of permanent residence as well as cooperation in combating cyber crimes.
Members of the CIC Council of Interior Ministers will also discuss organization of work of the Scientific-Consultative Council on providing conditions for conducting joint research works.
They will also discuss personnel issues and inventory of legal foundation of the CIS Council of Interior Minister.
The CIS is a loose association of states. Although the CIS has few supranational powers, it is aimed at being more than a purely symbolic organization, nominally possessing coordinating powers in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. It has also promoted cooperation on cross-border crime prevention.
The CIS Interior Ministers Council was founded in 1996 to expand cooperation between the CIS member nations in crime prevention and law enforcement. The Council members include representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine. Turkmenistan partakes in some of the Council’s meetings.
