RASHID NURGALIYEV HIGHLY ASSESSED WORK OF CIS COUNCIL OF INTERIOR MINISTERS
Pan Armenian News
03.10.2005 13:16
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The sitting of the Council of CIS Ministers of
Interior was held in Yerevan. The participants focused attention at
combating terrorism, corruption and illegal migration, RA Interior
Ministry’s press service reported. When commenting on the outcomes
of the sitting Russian Interior Minister, Colonel General Rashid
Nurgaliyev said the Ministers discussed implementation process of the
joint anti-terror plan for 2005. In his words, operative and research
measures proved fruitful. “This March members of Islamic Jamaat were
detained in Dagestan, two suspects of terrorist acts in Tajikistan
were arrested in June,” he noted. Rashid Nurgaliyev also informed
that the CIS Ministries of Interior intend to hold joint anti-terror
exercise in Tajikistan in 2006. He reminded that a joint exercise with
the participation of Belarusian servicemen was held in the Russian town
of Smolensk and on October 10 a similar exercise will be conducted with
Armenian military in Krasnodar. The Russian Interior Minister paid much
attention to the struggle against corruption as well. “Corruption has
become a transnational phenomenon reflecting upon the economy of the
CIS member-countries. We should realize its danger and prevent its
spreading on the CIS territory, since corruption is immediately bound
with organized crime, terrorism, drug traffic and illegal migration”,
he noted. When touching upon the illegal migration Rashid Nurgaliyev
said that over 1300 foreign citizens have been deported from Russia
since the beginning of the year. He stressed that illegal migration
tells on the demographic, social and economic situation and provokes
crimes such as trafficking in people and contraband. In his words,
the Russian Ministry of Interior undertook a number of measures
for preventing usage of forged passports, migration cards and other
documents.