First Deputy Interior Minister of Uzbekistan, Major-General Davron Nazarmuhamedov hosted the Vice President of Interpol Major-General Alexander Prokopchuk and the representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Uzbekistan Eugenie Fedotov, the Uzbek interior ministry said.
The sides reportedly discussed the ways to strengthen cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan in the fight against transnational crime.
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.
