CIS experts discuss cooperation in combating terrorist threats

Minsk, January 22, AZERTAC On 20-21 January, the CIS Executive Committee hosted a meeting of a group of experts to discuss the harmonization of the CIS draft program of cooperation in combating terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism for 2017-2019s and related resolutions of the CIS Council of the Heads of State, the CIS Headquarters in Minsk said. The need for the program stems from the desire of the CIS countries to respond adequately to changes in the operational environment regarding the fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism. When developing the program, the experts took into account the universally recognized principles and norms of international law, international obligations of the CIS member states and their national legislations, and also the status, trends and dynamics of the development of the situation regarding the fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism in the CIS countries and in the world. The participants have completed the draft documents to send to the Commonwealth member states and then to be submitted for consideration at the CIS Council of the Heads of State.