Islamabad (GNP): Russia’s Interior Minister, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, has arrived in Pakistan for a four-day trip, the first ever by a Russian interior minister. The visit follows an invitation from Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Mohsin Naqvi, and is seen as the start of a new phase in relations between the two countries.
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry welcomed Kolokoltsev when he landed in Islamabad.
Over the four days, the two sides are expected to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations and widen cooperation. Kolokoltsev is also due to hold important meetings with senior members of Pakistan’s leadership during his stay.
Kolokoltsev entered police service in 1982. He started his career in a special unit guarding foreign diplomatic missions in Moscow.
In 1984, he was appointed platoon commander of the separate patrol battalion of the Gagarinskiy district executive committee in Moscow.
He entered the Higher Political College of the Ministry of the Interior of the USSR studying jurisprudence and graduated in 1989.
Then he served as a detective of Criminal Investigation Unit of Kuntsevo district executive committee in Moscow. He advanced to the position of the deputy chief of police station No. 20 in Moscow, and later the chief of police station No. 8 in Moscow.
In 1992, he was assigned to Criminal Investigation Department of Moscow Police Department HQ on the position of senior detective of the second unit.
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At the beginning of 1993, he was appointed to the position of the chief of police station No. 108 in Moscow. Two years later he was appointed to the position of the chief of criminal investigation division in Central District Police Department of Moscow.
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