SECURITY AGENCIES OF BELARUS, ARMENIA TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION

Trend News Agency
March 17 2009
Azerbaijan

National security agencies of Belarus and Armenia will enhance
comprehensive cooperation, said State Secretary of the Security
Council of Belarus Yuri Zhadobin during negotiations with Secretary
of the National Security Council of Armenia Artur Bagdasaryan on
March 17. The negotiations were held face to face and were followed
by extended talks, BelTA has learnt.

"Belarus is one of the consistent adherents of the development
of partnering relations with the CIS states, primarily with CSTO
members. We approve of and support any steps aimed at building up
the cooperation between all state institutions. Today’s meeting is an
example of further enhancement of the comprehensive cooperation between
national security bodies of Belarus and Armenia," said Yuri Zhadobin.

Artur Bagdasaryan leads the delegation of the Office of the National
Security Council of Armenia. The delegation is expected to stay in
Belarus from March 16 to 18. Negotiations between the delegations of
the two countries touched upon matters regarding cooperation between
power-wielding and law enforcement agencies in the fight against
modern threats and security challenges, international terrorism,
organised transboundary crime, drugs trafficking, illegal migration
and human trafficking.

As Armenia now presides over the Collective Security Treaty
Organisation, avenues of the development of integration processes
within the Organisation were discussed as well as the enhancement of
the military and political cooperation, reinforcement of the potential
for counteraction of modern challenges and threats, the military
cooperation and the military and technical cooperation within the
CSTO framework.

While in Minsk the Armenian delegation is expected to visit the
Military Academy and a military unit of the internal troops of the
Belarusian Interior Ministry.