Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 12
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
The CIS migration authorities plan to sign an agreement to create a unified database of lost and invalid IDs of the CIS countries’ citizens, First Deputy Interior Minister of Russia Alexander Gorovoy told reporters in Baku Oct. 12.
He said it is necessary to systematize the citizens’ residing procedures in the CIS countries.
“We must establish civilized relations between our countries, accepting certain migrants. We, as heads of law enforcement agencies, need to perfectly understand that all decisions based on intergovernmental and interstate agreements, should be implemented in an atmosphere of respect for another state’s law, traditions and culture,” said Gorovoy.
He said there are currently no problems in regards to migrants from Azerbaijan, and noted the high level of cooperation between migration services of Azerbaijan and Russia.
“At the moment, we do not have problems in the relations with Azerbaijan in general, including the agencies responsible for migration issues and the Azerbaijani citizens coming to Russia for work or leisure. Throughout the 25-year history of CIS, cultural and friendly relations have been established between Russia and Azerbaijan. As for today, we are satisfied with the level of interaction of our countries’ populations,” said Gorovoy.
The 19th meeting of the Heads of Migration Authorities of CIS is being held in Baku.