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CSTO and IOM to take joint efforts in fighting illegal migration
21.03.2009 17:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A meeting between Secretary General of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization Nikolai Bordyuzha and Director
General of the International Organization for Migration William Lacy
Swing took place in Moscow.

According to the participants of the meeting, the two organizations
have developed successful and fruitful cooperation based on the July
2006 agreement. This cooperation will gain momentum in the future as
the illegal migration remains a topical issue, Nikolai Bordyuzha and
William Lacy Swing believe.

The IOM has an expertise in dealing with migration problems, and is
well aware of its most sensitive issues. CSTO has a working mechanism
to handle these issues, in particular within the framework of the
operation Nelegal which is regularly carried out under the aegis of
the Collective Security Treaty Organization,â?? Nikolai
Bordyuzha noted.

The CSTO hopes that the IOM will help promote cooperation with the
European Union in order to take control over the whole chain of the
illegal migration: from the countries of origin and transit which
include many CSTO participating states to the countries of
destination.

William Lacy Swing informed Nikolai Bordyuzha about the IOM activities
and assured that he will visit all the CSTO states with a view to
improving the interaction between the two organizations, CSTO Press
Service reported.