Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Sadenov paid a working visit to France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, where he held a number of bilateral meetings with the leadership of European and international police structures, Zakon.kz reports.
In Paris, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan held talks with the Minister of Internal Affairs of France Bruno Retailleau, during which they discussed the state of interaction within the framework of the agreement on combating crime, which has been in force since 2009. A special emphasis was placed on the issues of readmission and information exchange in the field of migration control. Mutual readiness to implement the agreement on readmission, signed last year, was confirmed. The French side expressed its readiness to support the visa facilitation procedure by the European Union countries for citizens of Kazakhstan," the statement said.
Following the bilateral meeting, the parties signed a roadmap to strengthen cooperation in the fight against crime, including transnational organized crime, drug crime, illegal migration, extremism and Internet fraud.
As part of the visit to the city of Lyon, the minister met with Interpol Secretary General Valdés Urquiza. They discussed areas of practical cooperation, primarily in the field of international search, combating fraud and cybercrime. Issues of improving interaction mechanisms and expanding access to the organization's new databases were touched upon.
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April 18, 2025