Tajik delegation takes part in meeting of CIS migration agency heads

According to Khovar National News Agency on 2026-09-25, the ceremonial 30th meeting of the Council of Heads of Migration Authorities of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in St Petersburg on 24 September 2026. Tajikistan was represented by Sharif Norzoda, Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Employment of the Republic of Tajikistan, and Dilrabo Azimi, head of the Ministry’s Migration Representation in the Russian Federation.

The meeting brought together representatives of the state bodies of Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan responsible for migration matters. Participants reviewed the migration situation within the CIS, changes in national legislation, and the use of modern information technologies for security and migration control, including biometric identification through artificial intelligence in video surveillance systems.