On January 18, 2019, a meeting between IOM Moscow Chief of Mission, Abdusattor Esoev, and Acting Head of the General Administration for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia [successor of FMS], Police Major-General Valentina Kazakova, took place.
During the meeting, the parties identified the main areas of joint activities, including cooperation in the field of labour migration, combating illegal migration, as well as asylum.