DUSHANBE, April 6, 2015, Asia-Plus — Kyrgyzstan is ready to help Tajikistan address threats of terrorism and extremism, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said in Bishkek on April 3 during a meeting with participants of a meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers.
“I knew that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) foreign ministers held talks yesterday (April 2). We are ready to participate in the implementation of the decisions made at that meeting. We are ready to help our neighbor – Tajikistan. As far as I know, Russia also promised considerable assistance,” Atambayev was quoted as saying by the CIS Executive Committee press center.
The Council of Foreign Minister of the CIS Member Nations is the main executive body ensuring cooperation in the field of foreign policy activities of the CIS member states on the matters of mutual interest, adopting decisions during the period between the meetings of the Council of the CIS Heads of State, the Council of the CIS Heads of Government and by their orders. The first session of the Council took place in August 1993.
Established on December 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization. It now consists of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Georgia pulled out of the organization in 2009.
