Senate ratified Agreement with Uzbekistan on readmission of citizens

16:00, 19 February 2015

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan adopted the Law "On ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of Uzbekistan on readmission of citizens and the Protocol on the order of implementation of the Agreement between the Governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on readmission of citizens".

"The Agreement was signed in Astana on September 7, 2012. Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan signed the document on behalf of the presidents of the two countries. The draft law proposes to ratify the Agreement allowing to detect and return people who illegally crossed the border and stays in the country," Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Kulmukhanbet Kassymov said presenting the draft law.

According to him, international airports of Astana and Almaty are the points of crossing the state border. The Ministries of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are the responsible for implementation of Agreement bodies.

The Minister also noted that ratification of the Agreement will allow to more effectively fight illegal migration in accordance with the norms of the international law.

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