Friday, 14 October 2011
Regular Sitting Of CIS Council Of Interior Ministers Kicks Off In Yerevan
A regular sitting of CIS Council of Interior Ministers kicked off today at the Government’s reception House, attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
Welcoming the participants, the Prime Minister stated in part: “I am confident that the sitting will help strengthen the dynamically developing ties of cooperation between the CIS Interior Ministries. This gathering comes at a time when new social, political and economic relationship is being forged in our countries supported with a new legal framework. This factor sets forth new tasks before you aimed at defying modern threats and challenges. Coupled with adverse economic and financial developments, those rapid and sometimes unpredictable political transformations taking place in CIS countries make it necessary to develop a common strategy and conduct concerted policies in the field of law enforcement.”
Tigran Sargsyan said it has become a tradition for the participants to review the anticrime record and that the participants’ efforts are worth of highest appreciation.
“Terrorism, organized crime, illegal drugs and weaponry traffic, unlawful migration and human trafficking know no State borders. They are powerful evils representing a serious threat to national sovereignty as they oppose the State institutions. Crime internationalization and expansion should be confronted through joint action, and I am confident that today’s sitting is in for a cooperation agenda,” the head of government noted adding that the agenda is of high concern to both Armenia and other CIS countries.
Noting that the 21st century has brought along new threats and challenges for the civilized world, Tigran Sargsyan stressed that a coordinated action is needed to thwart them ahead.
“It seems to be obvious that the aforementioned serious offences cannot be addressed on one’s own. This is why we are facing the strategic task of creating a single system and common mechanisms for identifying and unmasking the largest criminal formations. This is mandated not only by our deeply rooted traditional linkages, but also by the growing impact of cross-border crime. I feel that today’s meeting is the evidence of your readiness to oppose a united front to crime.”
The regular sitting of CIS Council of Interior Ministers is attended by interior ministers and police chief executives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, CIS Council of Interior Ministers delegates to the CIS Executive Committee, the Head of CIS Executive Committee, the First Deputy Head of CIS Anti-Terrorism Center, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald Noble.
A wide range of cooperation and action coordination-related issued will be discussed at the sitting.
