12th meeting of GUAM Working Group on Fight Against Terrorism, Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking and other Dangerous Types of Crime took place on 11-12 November 2009 in Tbilisi.

The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Interior of Georgia, Mr. Giorgi Lortkipanidze. High level representatives of the Ministries of Interior and Security of GUAM member states, Deputy Minister of Interior of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Vilaiat Eivazov, secretary general of GUAM, Mr. Valeri Chechelashvili, and Mr. Merab Antadze, permanent representative of Georgia to the organization of democratic and economic development, GUAM participated in the meeting.

During the meeting, the Georgian side, as a state-coordinator of the mentioned GUAM working group submitted a report of the year 2009. Also, the result of the joint operation on Fight against Drugs and Trafficking, implementation of the joint projects and the issue of modernization of the national Centers of the GUAM Interstate Information-Management System (IIMS) were discussed.

At the end of the meeting,  conclusive protocol was signed by the sides.

GUAM Division

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