The heads of the CIS countries approved the concept of military cooperation and a program to strengthen border security until 2020

Almaty. October 16. Silkroadnews - The heads of the CIS member states approved the concept of military cooperation and cooperation program to strengthen border security at the external borders until 2020. This was reported by the chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev, KazTAG reports.
In particular, he said about a set of measures to create a single information space of the border agencies of the CIS countries, provide timely assistance to the development of areas of external borders of the CIS on the "most endangered" directions.
At the meetings in the narrow and expanded format were adopted: statement of the heads of CIS member states on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations; Statement of the Heads of CIS member states on combating international terrorism; treatment of CIS Heads of State in connection with the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.
In addition, addressed the issues of the legal provision of migration processes in the CIS; an agreement on the establishment and operation of joint investigative team in the territories of CIS countries; an agreement on the formation of the board of managers of penitentiary services of the CIS member states; Cooperation of CIS member states in the field of emergency prevention and response; Convention of the CIS member states on the execution of judgments against persons sentenced to punishment not related to deprivation of liberty; Convention of the States Parties on the execution of judgments against persons sentenced to punishment not related to deprivation of liberty; the concept of military cooperation of CIS countries up to 2020; the program of cooperation of CIS member states in the strengthening of border security at the external borders in the years 2016-2020.
They also discussed issues on the formation of groups and other border agencies of the CIS member states allocated for the settlement (liquidation) of a crisis situation at the external borders; on the implementation of the action plan on implementation of the protocol from October 5, 2007 on the approval of the regulation on the organization of the CIS to assist in the event and the settlement (liquidation) of crisis situations at the external borders of December 5, 2012; on the implementation in 2016 of the interstate program "Cultural capitals of the Commonwealth in Turkmenistan" - Dashoguz city was declared the cultural capital of the CIS in 2016; on the head of the antiterrorist center of CIS countries, the chairmanship of the CIS; to hold the next meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State; Chairman of the Coordinating Committee on Air Defence under the Council of Defense Ministers of CIS member states.