DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPATED TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON COUNTERING TERRORISM

On May 16-17, 2019, the High-Level Conference “International and regional cooperation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime” was held in Dushanbe.  At the conference, Turkmenistan was represented by the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.   

The Conference was organized by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan jointly with the UN, OSCE and other reputable international organizations. 

Delegations from around 50 countries of the world, headed by the Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, heads of the organizations in charge of responding to threats and challenges of modern times, as well as the representatives of scientific-research centers and diplomatic corps accredited in Tajikistan participated to the Conference.    

During the Conference, the participants discussed issues, such as the support to strengthening international and regional collaboration, determining effective methods of countering the financing of terrorism, exchange of experience and expertise in this sphere, including timely response to changing financing sources used by terrorist and extremist groups.  

During the visit to Dushanbe, the Turkmen delegation was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan S.Muhriddin.  During the talks, the parties discussed the current state and perspectives of developing bilateral relations, including the cooperation in the framework of reputable international organizations and regional collaboration on sustaining stability and peace.       

During the visit of Turkmen delegation to Dushanbe, the meetings of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with V.Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and W.Chen, Deputy Executive Director of Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate.  During the meetings, the parties discussed the cooperation issues of Turkmenistan with counter-terrorism structures of the UN and perspectives of developing collaboration in responding to threats and challenges of modern times. / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan /