CIS Interior Ministers meet in Tashkent A scheduled session of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS states was held in Tashkent on Tuesday. In his opening remarks Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Utkir Sultonov said that the economic integration within the CIS cannot be achieved without the cooperation of CIS law enforcers. This cooperation should be mainly directed at fighting major crimes such as drug trafficking, organized crime, religious extremism and terrorism. Despite the fact that many documents adopted during CIS summits don't work, the interior ministers said that they had established good working relations on information exchange. Credit goes to the new Criminal Code.
Some experts say that it is a very harsh code, however it works.
At the end of the session minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan Zokirjon Almatov was elected chairman to this Council. On Thursday the ministers were received by President Karimov. The president said he was satisfied by the results of the session and the work of the council as a whole. President's visit to Kashkadarya oblast Everytime the President visits an oblast, there is a problem and somebody has to go. This time it was the khokim of Kashkadarya province Ozod Parmonov.