An international conference entitled “The Fight against Terrorism and Extremism in Eurasia: Common Threats and Combined Experience” is being held in Dushanbe today.
Organized by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, the event has reportedly brought together officials from Central Asia’s nations and Russia as well as regional organizations. Journalists have not been invited to the conference.
The conference is reportedly discussing ways and methods of consolidation of efforts to jointly combating terrorism and extremism in Eurasia.
According to the Center for Strategic Studies, the conference participants include representatives of relevant government bodies of Tajikistan, Tajik and Russian parliamentarians, representatives of Central Asian diplomatic missions active in Tajikistan, deputy heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Executive Committee of the regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (CSTO) as well as heads of think tanks from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan.
The conference participants are discussing issues related to problems of regional security, including threats and challenges that are becoming more and more complicated and infringing the main problems of internal and foreign policy of the countries of the region.
The conference is expected to become an important step toward determining the agenda of the day in the field of regionals security, formation of permanent expert groups and establishment of platforms for dialogues with participation of representatives of member nations of the CSTO and SCO and Afghanistan.
