On Wednesday June 28, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda met here with his Uzbek counterpart Abdusalom Azizov on the sidelines of a regular session of the of the CIS Council of the Interior Ministers that took place in the Tajik capital on the same day.
According to the Tajik Interior Ministry’s website, Rahimzoda and Azizov exchanged views on issues related to expanding bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in combating transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, terrorism and other manifestations of extremism.
The Uzbek Interior Minister Abdusalom Azizov arrived in Dushanbe on June 28 to attend the regular session of the CIS Council of the Interior Ministers.
For the last time, heads of the Uzbek interior ministry visited Tajikistan more than nineteen years ago. It was the then Interior Minister of Uzbekistan Zokir Almatov, who visited Dushanbe in 2008.
Abdusalom Azizov was appointed as Interior Minister of Uzbekistan on January 4, 2017, replacing Adham Ahmedbayev.
Prior to his appointment Abdusalom Azizov served as chief of police in Jizzakh region. Azizov had served as chief of police in Jizzakh region since December 2009.
From December 2008 to December 2009, Azizov served as First Deputy Interior Minister of Uzbekistan.
From November to December 2008, he was Deputy Interior Minister of Uzbekistan.
From September 2006 to November 2008, Azizov was Director General of Uznefteproduct, an affiliate of the National Holding Company Uzbekneftegaz.
In early September 2006, Abdusalom Azizov served as Chairman of the Management Board of the National Holding Company Uzbekneftegaz.
