Monday, September 25 2023 20:51

ArmInfo.On September 25, a delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian  Federation headed by Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in Armenia on a two-day working visit. RA Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe Ghazaryan met the delegation at Zvartnots airport.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of  the Republic of Armenia, on the same day a meeting of the joint board  of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the  Republic of Armenia was held in Yerevan, which was attended by  delegation headed by Vladimir Kolokoltsev, with the participation of  Vahe Ghazaryan.

The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Bureau for  Coordination of the Fight against Organized Crime and Other Dangerous  Types of Crime in the Territories of the Member States of the  Commonwealth of Independent States Oleg Konovalov. In his opening  speech, Vahe Ghazaryan emphasized that the joint board of the two  Ministries continues to be an important mechanism for increasing the  effectiveness of the joint fight against crime. At meetings of the  board, all issues and problems of interest to the parties are  discussed, and concrete steps are jointly developed towards improving  the crime situation in both states, as well as countering modern  threats and challenges.  At the end of his speech, Vahe Ghazaryan  expressed hope that the decisions made at the Yerevan meeting of the  joint board will raise the effective interaction of the two  departments to a new level.  At the meeting of the joint board,  Vladimir Kolokoltsev also made a welcoming speech. He congratulated  the Armenian side on Independence Day and spoke about the cooperation  between the two law enforcement agencies, the work done and planned  measures in the fight against crime.

After the speech, the meeting participants moved on to discuss the  proposed problems. The agenda included the following issues: the  state of cooperation between the Ministries of Internal Affairs of  the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia in the field of  combating crimes committed using information and communication  technologies; improving the interaction of expert and forensic units  of the Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and  the Republic of Armenia; draft work plan of the Joint Board of the  Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the  Republic of Armenia for 2025.

Officials of the relevant bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs  of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia made  presentations on the issues on the agenda.  After a substantive  discussion of the issues, specific decisions were made. At the end,  the final documents of the meeting of the Joint Board of the Ministry  of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Republic of  Armenia were signed.