
An online meeting was held in Tashkent to launch a joint UN / EU / US experience exchange program on the return of children and women from conflict zones.
The event was attended by Bauyrzhan Bakirov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs of the IIOR of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the meeting was moderated by Ms. Helena Fraser, UN Resident Coordinator in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The event brought together the national governments of the four Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan), the United Nations, the European Union and the US Department of State.
During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the measures implemented by the states, problematic issues and proposals as part of the work on the return of citizens, including children, from the zones of hostilities.
The online meeting was the beginning of the EU-UN Sub-regional project "UN Support to Central Asian States in Respect of Citizens Returning from Conflict Zones, First of all, from Syria and Iraq" and the reintegration.