The Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the country’s legislation and internationally recognized normative-legal acts, has established international cooperation with law enforcement agencies, competent authorities of foreign states, and international organizations.

In particular, within the framework of this cooperation, on October 25, 2013, at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS in Minsk, Republic of Belarus, the heads of six states (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and the Russian Federation) signed an Agreement on the establishment of the Interstate Council for Combating Corruption (hereinafter referred to as the Council).

The Council is a sectoral body for cooperation among CIS member states, which, within its competence, implements stable international cooperation and collective effective measures in the fight against corruption.

The members of the Council are the heads of competent and/or specialized bodies of CIS member states in the field of anti-corruption.

On July 11, 2019, the fifth meeting of the Interstate Council for Combating Corruption was held at the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk, Republic of Belarus.

The meeting was attended by the heads of anti-corruption agencies of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, as well as representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, resulting in the adoption of several decisions.

Additionally, the Agency’s international cooperation is consistently carried out within the framework of the Coordination Council of Heads of Financial Investigation Bodies of CIS Member States (hereinafter referred to as the Council). The Council was established on October 20, 1999, by the heads of financial investigation bodies of CIS member states to prevent financial and economic crimes and address issues related to their detection and investigation.

On November 30, 2000, by the decision of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, this Council was declared a sectoral body for cooperation within the Commonwealth of Independent States, and its Charter was approved.

The Council conducts its activities annually in the form of meetings. Since its establishment, 20 meetings of the Council have been held with the participation of heads of financial investigation bodies, representatives of ministries and agencies, and other experts.

It is noteworthy that on August 21–23, 2019, the 20th meeting of the Coordination Council of Heads of Financial Investigation Bodies of CIS Member States was held in Dushanbe.

As per tradition, in 2019–2020, the Republic of Tajikistan assumed the chairmanship of the Council, led by the Director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan, Sulaymon Said Sultonov.

It is gratifying to note that this meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere, in a spirit of mutual understanding, trust, and constructive cooperation.

Furthermore, the Agency’s international cooperation is effectively carried out within the framework of the Istanbul Action Plan in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, and other international organizations and law enforcement agencies of foreign states.