DUSHANBE, 30.11.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – Yesterday, Speaker of the Assembly of Representatives Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda took part in a joint meeting of the Council and the 14th plenary session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (IPA CSTO).

The meeting was chaired in a mixed format by the IPA CSTO Chairman, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly Vyacheslav Volodin.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

The meeting focused on topical issues of international and regional security, the main results of CSTO’s work during the chairmanship of Tajikistan, an action plan for implementing CSTO’s decisions, and implementing the priorities proposed by Tajikistan, as well as issues related to Afghanistan.

The meeting participants also discussed issues on the agenda, including “On the implementation of the priorities of the chairmanship of Tajikistan in the CSTO in 2021,” “On the priorities of Armenia in the CSTO,” “On the results of the September meeting 2021 of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the situation in the zone of responsibility and measures to counter challenges and threats to the collective security,” “On the norms of democratic elections in the CSTO member states and their protection from foreign interference,” “On the draft model legislation and recommendations initiated by the Committee of the CSTO IPA on defense and security.»