On Tuesday, December 1, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a new group of Latvian representatives in the Joint Commission for the Implementation of the Agreement between the Government of Latvia and the Government of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Fight against Organized Crime, Terrorism, Illicit Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors.
The commission will be chaired by Signe Bole, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior.
Dimitrijs Trofimovs, State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, other representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, the State Police, the State Security Service, the State Revenue Service, the Ministry of Justice and other law enforcement institutions will also participate in the commission.
At the suggestion of the Uzbekistan side, it is planned to convene a commission meeting in the near future, which will take place remotely by videoconference. In the Commission, the two groups will discuss topical issues related to crime, terrorism and drug trafficking.
The commission was established in accordance with the agreement concluded between Latvia and Uzbekistan, which provides for the exchange of information, assistance in the detection of crimes, as well as the exchange of work experience between national law enforcement authorities. Latvia and Uzbekistan have established close co-operation in researching the scale and development trends of organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors since 2002.
Prepared:
Samanta Nalivaiko
Ministry of the Interior
Communication department
Public relations specialist
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Phone: 67219082
E-mail: samanta.nalivaiko@iem.gov.lv