Mr. Atageldi Yazlyyev, CARICC Director, met with Mr. Marat Seksembayev, Rector of the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in Almaty on 13 December 2023.

The meeting was part of implementation of the Protocol of Intentions on Cooperation in Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking signed between two organizations in June 2018.

Parties reviewed results of joint work in the field of professional development of law enforcement officers of Central Asian countries under joint training events. They outlined further plans for 2024 to increase cooperation in arranging national and international trainings on countering modern challenges of drug threat aimed at strengthening international security.

The meeting resulted in an agreement to develop and publish joint methodological recommendations on identification of synthetic narcotic drugs, as well as to design a simulation training on "Combating Drug Crime on the Internet".