POLITICS
MEETING OF COUNCIL OF THE HEADS OF SECURITY AND SPECIAL SERVICE BODIES ENDS IN BAKU
On decision of members of Council, with a view of strengthening cooperation with special services of the world countries in the field of prevention of distribution of threats directed against the international safety and stability, first of all, terrorism, on action as observers also were attending representatives of high rank structures of France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Participants of meeting visited the Alley of Honors to revere memory of the nationwide leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and laid wreath on his tomb.As is informed, minister, general-lieutenant Eldar Mahmudov opened session with an opening remarks.
Head of the Administration of Azerbaijan President, secretary of Security Council Ramiz Mehdiyev on behalf of the Azerbaijan President greeted the guests.
Further, minister Eldar Mahmudov in his statement has emphasized presence of the operative conditions, described the changes occurring in tactics of the terrorist organizations, prosecution of more serious political ends by them, establishment of effective mutual contacts among terrorist, extremist and criminal structures. The Minster said: “Such realities as aggressive separatism, religious extremism, uncontrollable territories and "hot points", representing serious threat to the states entering into Council, and also to many countries, creating favorable conditions for terrorism and other illegal acts, demand the approach from a unequivocal and common position. Eldar Mahmudov has highly estimated cooperation dynamically developing recently between security and special service bodies of the CIS states, has emphasized importance of the further expansion of exchange of experience and data from the point of view of effective maintenance of national safety of our countries. He has expressed hope, that 21st meeting of the Council will render positive influence on joint activity in spheres of cooperation, and on increase of efficiency of business relations in view of new realities.
The meeting was presided by chairman of Council of heads of security service and special services, director of the Russian Federal Security Service, general Nikolay Patrushev. Discussed were questions of perfection of mechanisms to overcome the crisis situations resulting acts of terrorism and every possible kinds of extremism, and also prospect of cooperation of security service and special services in the field of prevention of possible threats of biological safety of the Commonwealth countries.
Besides, the participants discussed ways of activation and perfection of cooperation in combat against the transnational organized crime, and also had mutual exchange of the operative data in the field of information technologies, including in investigation and documenting of crimes on cyber-terrorism, and on other questions which are of interest. At meeting, also was approved corresponding decisions concerning the agenda, and the Plan of Activity of Council for next year, coordinated list of actions for 2007 of the CIS Anti-terror Center.