The 18th Meeting of Heads of National Contact Points of Customs Administration of World Customs Administration Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Commonwealth of Independent States (RILO CIS) was co-hosted by the Customs Service under the Government of Republic of Tajikistan and the RILO CIS and held on 15 October, 2019 in Dushanbe, the Republic of Tajikistan. 

National Contact Points from Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, and Republic of Uzbekistan together with Head of RILO CIS, Ole BAKANOV, participated in the Meeting. RILO A/P and Head of RILO for Eastern and Central Europe (ECE), Ms. Katarzyna BANASZEK, are also invited to participate in the Meeting.

The RILO CIS organized the Meeting aimed for discussing their progress report and prospects for the upcoming development of RILO CIS. They also discussed about better contributing to CEN data input, information exchange via CENComm and participation of global joint operations.  During the Meeting, RILO A/P introduced its organization and delivered the updates of current activates. RILO A/P also presented the concepts and details about its on-going projects.