Moscow - A number of documents are expected to be signed at a meeting of the CIS Council of Presidents due to take place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said.
The list of documents scheduled for signing include an agreement on
cooperation in training specialists from anti-terrorist units at
universities in CIS members states, and an agreement on technical
equipment for anti-terrorist and anti-extremist agencies in CIS members
states, he said.
“An agreement on the creation of a council of heads of financial
intelligence agencies of CIS members states is expected to be signed as
well,” Ushakov said.
The financial intelligence council will synchronize the activity of
the CIS member states on countering money laundering and the funding of
terrorism.
The presidents are also expected to discuss prospects for cooperation
between border agencies of the CIS countries, as well the development
of the united CIS air defense system.
More documents planned for signing in Ashgabat include a cooperation
agreement on the creation of an integrated currency market for CIS
members states. The accord will facilitate wider use of national
currencies in foreign trade and financial services. It is intended to
boost macroeconomic stability in the CIS and ease the banking activity
in the region.
