An additional meeting of the expert group to agree on the draft Agreement on the formation of the Coordinating Council of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of forensic expert activity and the decision of the Council of CIS Foreign Affairs Ministers on this issue was held on February 7 in Minsk.

The working meeting on the exchange of interagency experience at the expert level was held at the Forensic Expert Centre of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation from 20 to 22 December, 2022. Representatives of the Scientific and Practical Center, as well as General Directorates of Forensic and Technical Examinations took part in this meeting.

The delegation of the National Bureau of Expertises of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia headed by the Director Argam Hovsepyan visited the Central Office of the State Forensic Examination Committee in December 2, 2022. During the official meeting with the Chairman of the State Committee a number of issues on the development of international cooperation in the field of forensic expert activity were discussed.

The delegation of the State Committee headed by the Deputy Chairman Sergey Evmenenko paid a working visit to the colleagues in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The staff of the General Directorate of Forensic Examinations of the Central Office of the State Committee held a working meeting with the experts of the Southern Regional Center for Forensics of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on the topic “Current state and prospects for the development of forensic technical examination of documents” from 1 to 3 November, 2022.