Meeting of joint board of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia,  Armenia held in Yerevan

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.