CIS Prosecutors General adopt statement on 70th Nuremberg trial anniversary

08.09.2016
    The CIS Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General has adopted a statement on the 70th anniversary of the completion of the Nuremberg Trials, Russian Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika said at a press conference on September 7 in Minsk, BelTA reports.
    "In our view, this issue is strategically important on a global scale. We urge against reassessing the values, distorting the results of the Great Patriotic War, or promoting Nazism and extremism," Yuri Chaika said.
    He noted the statement will be posted on the websites of the Prosecutors' General Offices and also the CIS Coordinating Council.
    On September 7, Minsk hosted the 26th meeting of the CIS Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General.
    The meeting was attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. Its participants discussed the cooperation program for the fight against terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings and illegal migration, according to Kazinform.