February 16, 2009 - 18:22 AMT
CSTO and International Organization for Migration to enlarge cooperation
Nikolai Bordyuzha, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization met with Mr. Enrico Ponziani, head of IOM Moscow Mission, on Feb. 16 to discuss cooperation in counteracting illegal migration and trafficking in people.
Nikolai Bordyuzha briefed Enrico Ponziani on the measures taken for the purpose.
For his part, Mr. Ponziani said IOM is ready to assist conduction of comparative legal analysis of CSTO legislative norms.
The participants also noted the positive results of implementation of the international protocol on cooperation between the CSTO secretariat and the administration of the International Organization for Migration signed on July 26, 2006, the CSTO Yerevan Office reports.