A meeting was held with representatives of the UN on countering extremism and terrorism

Vice Minister of Information and Social Development Serik Egizbayev held a meeting with the Regional Representative of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Central Asia - Ashita Mittal, as well as other representatives of UNODC.

 

The sides discussed issues of strengthening cooperation in countering extremism and terrorism.

 

S.Egizbayev informed about the preventive work carried out by the Ministry in the religious sphere, including rehabilitation measures with persons convicted of participating in terrorist and extremist activities.

 

In turn, A.Mittal noted the positive experience of Kazakhstan in the field of prevention of religious extremism and asked to make a welcoming speech at the upcoming forum in May this year "The role of civil society in the social reintegration of convicts after release from prison."

 

During the meeting, an exchange of experience took place on the issues of protecting young people from the influence of radical ideology, counter-propaganda work on the Internet, support for efforts to work with those convicted of extremist and terrorist crimes, as well as the possibility of expanding cooperation with UNODC, including in terms of developing the potential of the civil sector for the rehabilitation and reintegration of those returned from terrorist activity zones citizens.