The issues related to international and regional security were discussed at the secretariat of the CSTO

14 / 10 / 2015

On October 14, Acting Chief of Staff of the National Security Council Aram Tananyan participated in the meeting of deputy secretaries of the Security Councils of member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), presided over by the CSTO Secretary-General-Nikolai Bordyuzha. Among the participants were Iranian ambassador to Russia and representatives of China’s embassy in Moscow.

Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan as well as Iran and China reportedly exchanged views on the latest developments in the CSTO area of responsibility (AoR) and neighboring regions.
The meeting participants expressed concern about activities of the so-called Islamic State (IS) organization in Middle East and its attempt to spread its influence to southern borders of the CSTO, Afghanistan and China.
They, in particular, noted that Afghanistan, where Taliban have controlled more than 60 percent of the country’s areas, is a real source of threats for the CSTO member nations. According to them, about 2,000-3,000 IS militants have appeared in Afghanistan.
The meeting participants also expressed concern about the deterioration of the situation along Afghanistan’s common border with Turkmenistan.
In this connection, the meeting participants discussed issues related to working out concerted approaches to countering IS.