Vice President of Interpol National Center of the Russian Federation Major-General Alexander Prokopchuk and the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Uzbekistan Eugenie Fedotov met at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, the press service of the Ministry reports.
According to the Department of Public Relations and Mass Communications of the Ministry, they held talks with First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Major-General Davron Nazarmuhamedov.
During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of strengthening bilateral cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan in the joint battle against transnational crime.
For information, the International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as Interpol, is the international organization that facilitates international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923; it chose INTERPOL as its telegraphic address in 1946, and made it its common name in 1956.
