Today is the first day that the heads of CIS security and intelligence services are meeting in Dushanbe. It is the 20th meeting of this kind. Two important issues to be discussed on this meeting: the enhancement of the Council of heads of CIS security and intelligence services and joint protection of fuel and energy industry from terrorist attacks in CIS countries. Probably, it is the idea of Russia to discuss the issue of fuel and energy industry protection in order to strengthen its position on the forthcoming G-8 Summit in Saints-Petersburg, where Russia takes the chairmanship and the main topic of this summit will be the global energy security.

As the Information Agency “Avesta” informs, the main CIS intelligence officers will also discuss the issue of drug-smuggling and fighting the crime in the sphere of information technology and talk about the international terrorism in CIS countries and joint efforts in detention of terrorists.

The head of CIS antiterrorist center is planning to report on the Program of cooperation of CIS countries in struggle against international terrorism and other forms of extremism in the period of 2005 – 2007. There will be some other reports on preparation of the draft of intergovernmental agreement on information exchange in the sphere of terrorism and joint antiterrorist trainings of CIS Special Forces.

Previous meeting of the heads of CIS security and intelligence services was held on 20th of May, 2005 in Astana. The participants of the meeting signed a Protocol on establishment of common dactyloscopy
data base on terrorists. Besides that, it was decided to promote information exchange and cooperation of CIS
antiterrorist center with UN Security Council - informs the Information Agency Varorud.

The day before the beginning of the meeting the lower chamber of the parliament of Tajikistan ratified the “Program of CIS countries cooperation in struggle against terrorism and other forms of extremism for the period of 2005 – 2007″. This document was enacted in August, 2005 on the Summit of CIS countries in Kazan, Tatarstan (Russian Federation).