Rashid Nurgaliyev highly assessed work of CIS Council of Interior Ministers

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.