Emomali Rahmon receives Security Council Secretaries from SCO member nations

According to the Tajik president’s official website, the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India Ajit Kumar Doval, Kazakhstan’s Security Council Secretary Aset Isekshev, Kyrgyzstan’s Security Council Marat Imankulov, Pakistani National Security Advisor Moeed W. Yusuf, Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Tajikistan’s Security Council Secretary Nasrullo Mahmoudzoda, Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council Bobur Usmanov and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Jumakhon Ghiyosov participated the meeting.  

Issues related to cooperation in jointly addressing threats posing by international terrorism, extremism, religious radicalism and transnational organized crime, including trafficking in weapons and narcotic drugs, were discussed at the meeting.  

It was noted that the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure could play an important role in providing regional security and strengthening ties between member states in countering modern threats and challenges.