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- 05.07.2023 13:35:00
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The next meeting of the Interstate Anti-Corruption Council was held on July 4 in Yekaterinburg, the CIS press service reports.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan.
Igor Malashevich, Adviser of the Department for Cooperation in the Sphere of Security and Counteraction to New Challenges and Threats, took part in the meeting on behalf of the CIS Executive Committee. He noted that since its founding, the CIS has been firmly and consistently implementing joint measures to strengthen stability and security.
Malashevich recalled that the Concept of Cooperation in Combating Corruption adopted by the Council of CIS Heads of State is the basis for all further work on cooperation in this area. At the summit in October last year in Astana, a corresponding Agreement was signed. At present, the document has already been ratified by the Belarusian side.
Along with the development of the legal framework, the preventive component is being strengthened, citizens and society are being involved. Practically in all countries of the Commonwealth, as a result of the introduction of information technologies, the openness of state institutions is increasing, bureaucratic mechanisms and other administrative procedures are being simplified.
“Today it is very important to exchange information on the topic of corruption crimes, normative legal acts, scientific and teaching aids, as well as practical work experience. The Interstate Anti-Corruption Council consolidates the efforts of the national competent authorities,” summed up the representative of the CIS Executive Committee.
The participants of the meeting exchanged information on the practice of combating corruption in their countries, discussed current problems and ways to solve them, summed up the implementation of the decisions of previous meetings of the Council and the Interstate Program of Joint Measures to Combat Crime for 2019-2023.
Members of the Council considered the issue of holding an international youth competition of social anti-corruption advertising "Together against corruption!". This year it was decided to continue it. It is planned to sum up the results of the competition and award the finalists in December, on the International Anti-Corruption Day.
The meeting also discussed the problems arising in the investigation of crimes related to the illegal participation of officials in entrepreneurial activities, the role of effective cooperation in criminal cases of this category.
In addition, the meeting considered the inventory of the legal framework, approved the Council’s Work Plan for 2024.
The presidency of the Council for the next year passed to Russia.
It is planned that the next meeting of the Interstate Anti-Corruption Council will be held in 2024 in Tajikistan.
source: avesta.tj
