September 14. Verkhnedvinsk /Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. A unified expert center needs to be established in Belarus. This viewpoint was expressed in a conversation with a BELTA correspondent by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Valery Vakulchik. He held another direct telephone line with citizens in the Verkhnedvinsk district. "The position of the Investigative Committee is that a unified expert center is necessary. This will serve to strengthen legality and concentrate professional experts," the interlocutor is convinced. The expediency of establishing such a structure is currently being discussed by order of the head of state, he recalled. The largest number of experts is currently available in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the state forensic medical examination service, the institute of criminalistics problems under the Ministry of Justice also operate, and expert groups are also available in the Ministry for Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Defense. -0-

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