The Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the international conference on regional security of Central Asia

A high-level international conference on "Regional cooperation of Central Asian countries within the framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" was organized in Tashkent.

On March 3-4 of this year, representatives of the United Nations, as well as Central Asian countries, discussed issues of assessing the results of counter-terrorism cooperation between Central Asian states.

The Kazakh delegation included Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs – Bauyrzhan Bakirov.

B.Bakirov made a report on the state policy implemented by the Ministry in the religious sphere, acquainted with the country’s legislation, state programs to counter extremism and terrorism, as well as on the main directions of work on the prevention of religious extremism and terrorism.

The event summed up the results of 10 years of cooperation within the framework of the previous Joint Action Plan, discussed current and new trends in the prospects of regional and international cooperation in the field of counter-terrorism.

At the conclusion of the conference, was presented and approved a Joint Action Plan for the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia, and the Tashkent Declaration was adopted.