November 28, 2024
Deputy Head of the CIS ATC Aibek Kutmanov took part in the 89th meeting of the Council of the Border Troops’ Commanders, held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation on November 28, 2024.
The event was attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the Coordination Service of the CIS Border Troops’ Commanders, CIS Executive Committee, Secretariat of the CIS IPA Council, CIS ATC, CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and SCO RATS Executive Committee.
The meeting reviewed the situation developing on the external borders of the CIS member-states, elaborated the measures to improve border security, summarized the results of the joint special border operations conducted in 2024 and discussed their organization in 2025.
Focus was made on the CIS Border Troops’ Commanders participation in implementation of the Program of Cooperation of the CIS Member-States in Combating Terrorism and Extremism for 2023-2025.
The meeting also discussed humanitarian cooperation, joint research and educational activities. The most important decisions covered holding of the Victory Relay along the external borders of the CIS member-states in 2025, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The representative of the CIS ATC shared a report on improvement of international counter-terrorism cooperation in the CIS region, and informed the members of the Council about the results of the Second CIS Conference on Combating Terrorism and Extremism and Anti-terrorism exercise of the competent authorities of the Commonwealth countries "East-Antiterror - 2024", held in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
