CIS to set up groups to tackle crises on border - Russian president
BURABAI (Kazakhstan). Oct 16 (Interfax) - Member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be able to form groups comprising of officials of their border guards and other agencies to tackle possible crises on the border, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the CIS summit in Kazakhstan's Burabai on Friday.
Such a possibility is envisaged in the CIS member states' 2016-2020 program of cooperation to enhance border security, he said.
The implementation of this program "will help to build a reliable shield on the external borders of the CIS," the Russian leader said.
Putin also said he is convinced that this program and the organization's military cooperation concept for the period up to 2020 "will significantly raise the productivity of joint efforts aimed at combating cross-border crime and drug trafficking."