An additional meeting of the expert group on finalizing and approving the draft Agreement on the procedure for organizing and conducting joint exercises of formations of border and other agencies of the CIS member states on the settlement (liquidation) of crisis situations at the external borders took place on July 12-13 at the headquarters of the Commonwealth.
Plenipotentiaries and experts from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, the Council of Commanders of Border Troops and the Coordination Service of the UPC, the CIS Executive Committee took part in the event via videoconference.
After discussing the comments and proposals received from the States to the draft Agreement, the meeting participants agreed to continue working on the document. It is planned that after final approval, it will be submitted in the prescribed manner for consideration by the Council of CIS Heads of State.
The main developer of the draft Agreement is the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops. The purpose of the document is to prepare management bodies and formations of border and other agencies included in the grouping in accordance with national interaction plans for joint actions in the event of the occurrence and settlement (liquidation) of crisis situations on the external borders of the Commonwealth.
It is assumed that the joint exercises will contribute to the improvement of planning, conducting operational and service actions and management of formations, the development of practical skills of the participants of the exercises in developing common approaches to the use of effective forms and methods of action and improving the level of coherence.
A source: https://e-cis.info/news/564/110527/
