On the meeting of the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan with the Director of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure

Nur-Sultan, February 24, 2022 - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Shakhrat Nuryshev held a meeting with the Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Rustam Mirzayev during his visit to Nur-Sultan.

The participants exchanged views on issues of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the RATS and topical issues on the agenda of the SCO permanent body.

Nuryshev noted the importance of implementing the decisions of the Council of Heads of State, Cooperation programs of the SCO member states in countering terrorism, separatism and extremism, and the initiative of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to create an Information Security Center on the basis of the SCO RATS.

Mirzayev briefly informed about the goals and objectives of his visit to Kazakhstan. In particular, he said that the SCO RATS intends to intensify cooperation with other multilateral structures in the near future. He also shared further plans to improve the effectiveness of the existing mechanisms of cooperation between the competent authorities of the SCO member states in order to implement the decisions of the Council of Heads of SCO Member States adopted at the Dushanbe Summit in 2021.

The SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure was established on June 7, 2002 at the Organization's summit in St. Petersburg. Located in Tashkent (since May 2004).

RATS is a permanent body of the SCO, designed to facilitate, coordinate and interact the competent authorities of the member states of the Organization in the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism.