DUSHANBE, 27.04.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon received the heads of delegations at the meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member nations.

The Defense Ministers of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, as well as SCTO Secretary General, and the Armenian Plenipotentiary Representative to the CSTO also participated.

The discussion focused on the expansion of political, military, and military-technical cooperation between CSTO member nations, and the joint fight against modern challenges and threats such as terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, and other transnational organized crimes.

The latest developments in the neighboring Afghanistan and strengthening the protection of the state border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan were also touched upon.

While discussing the COVID-19 pandemic, they also stressed the need to develop a plan to ensure the biological security of CSTO member states.