DUSHANBE, June 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – The 73rd session of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS member nations will take place in Dushanbe from June 18-19.
Representatives of border services of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as well as representatives of border management services of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will participate in the meeting, Mohammad Ulughkhojayev, a spokesman for the Main Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, the meeting will focus on issues related to cooperation between border services in settling crisis situations, combating drug trafficking and countering illegal migration.
“The session participants will exchange views on the current situation on the outer border of the CIS, topical problems of cooperation between the border services of the CIS nations,” said Ulughkhojayev. “They will also discuss the results of joint events held in 2014-2015 and the plan of actions for 2016.”
The session is expected to result in signing of a number of documents on cooperation between the border services of the CIS nations.
On June 19, the session participants are scheduled to visit the Hamadoni and Shouroobod stretches of the Tajik-Afghan border.
A number of bilateral and multilateral meetings as well as an international conference to discuss coordination and interaction in controlling the outer border of the CIS will take place on the sidelines of the session, the spokesman said.
Established on July 6, 1992, the CIS Council of Border Troops Commanders is a corporate body of the CIS Council of Heads of State and the CIS Council of Heads of Government. the CIS Council of Border Troops Commanders considers the matters of coordination of the CIS borders’ protection.
