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The next meeting of the heads of security and special services bodies of the CIS countries was held

On October 11, the 53rd meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Bodies of the CIS Member States (SORB) was held in Baku. The Chief of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Ali Naghiyev, the Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Orkhan Sultanov, and the heads of relevant bodies of the CIS countries took part in the event.

First, the participants of the event visited the grave of Heydar Aliyev, the founder of modern Azerbaijan, the national leader of our people, in the Alley of Honor, laid flowers in front of it, and commemorated the dear memory of the Great Leader with deep respect.

Later, the official opening of the event was held, and the discussion of the issues on the agenda began. In his introductory speech, the Chief of the SSS, Colonel-General Ali Naghiyev, expressed his pleasure in welcoming the guests to Azerbaijan, and emphasized that holding the event in Baku is of special importance. The Chief of the Service noted that in the short time since the last meeting of the SORB in Minsk, Belarus, a number of radical changes have taken place in the world in terms of security and geopolitics, new conflict centers have emerged in some countries, international terrorism, transnational organized crime, religious extremism, illegal drug trafficking cases have increased and this situation greatly complicates the operational conditions in the countries, believes that the event will create additional opportunities to exchange experience and ideas in the indicated directions, to further improve the methods of joint struggle of the CIS states against negative manifestations and the coordinated work mechanism, to outline the contours of future activities, bilateral and multilateral cooperation relations will rise to a new stage. Ali Naghiyev stated that there are important issues to be resolved on the agenda of the meeting and expressed his hope that important decisions will be made in terms of the security of the states within the framework of the event, and that the meeting will be productive.

General-Colonel Ali Naghiyev, who gave information about the anti-terrorist measures implemented against the illegal Armenian armed groups operating in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, which are considered to be the main threats to the security and stability of our republic, stated that those criminal groups did not leave our territories, contrary to the tripartite Statement dated November 10, 2020, recently, their continuous mining of residential areas and communications, keeping the positions of our army under continuous fire, committing terrorist acts resulting in the deaths of civilians and police officers made it necessary and urgent to carry out short-term anti-terrorist measures, thereby the Republic of Azerbaijan restored its sovereignty.

Then the meeting continued with the speeches and mutual discussions of other participants on the security issues of the countries of commonwealth, including destructive activities aimed at destabilizing the CIS space and joint efforts against new challenges, and ended with the signing of final documents.