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Secretary of the Interior Of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kolokoltsev held a bilateral meeting with his Tajik colleague Ramazon Rakhimzoda, Irina Volk, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, said.
Kolokoltsev indicated that the interaction between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the two countries in 2023 has intensified. The key event of this interaction, the Russian minister called the regular meeting of the Joint Board of the Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan, held in Guliston in June.
The countries also interact within the framework of the interstate operational and preventive operation «Search», Kolokoltsev recalled. He said that as a result of joint activities, two suspects in the murder of one of the bankers in Tajikistan were detained, and the activities of a criminal group on the territory of the Moscow region were stopped.
The Russian minister also said that security issues are a priority against the backdrop of unprecedented pressure on the Russian Federation from the «collective West» led by the United States and the intensification of sabotage activities on Russian territory.