On 8 December 2021, the 11th annual meeting of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Central Asian countries was held in Dushanbe.
Along with the delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Farhod Salim, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Azizbek Madmarov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Furkat Sidikov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Tajikistan Askar Tazhibaev, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman, Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Center Jehangir Khan, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Deputy Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Mette Knudsen and representatives of donor countries also took part and delivered the speeches.
During this meeting, the parties discussed topical issues of the regional and international agenda, including the fight against challenges and threats to security, such as international terrorism and extremism, radicalization, organized crime and drug trafficking, socio-economic problems, and exchanged views on the development prospects of the regional cooperation in Central Asia.
The 4th phase of the joint project entitled “Joint Plan of Action: Towards a comprehensive implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia” was officially launched within one of the sessions of the meeting of the Central Asian Deputy Foreign Ministers.
Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan