Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan to visit Dushanbe

AKIPRESS.COM - The delegation of Uzbekistan led by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the High-Level Conference "International and Regional Cooperation on Countering Terrorism and Its Financing through Illicit Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime" on May 17-18 in Dushanbe. This Conference is the first international event in the framework of the follow-up process to the High-Level Conference on "Countering Terrorism and Prevention of Violent Extremism", which was an initiative of the Government of Tajikistan, took place with the support of the international community on 3-4 May 2018 in Dushanbe. It is also the first regional initiative inspired by the High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of UN Member States, which was organized by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and chaired by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 28-29 June 2018 in New York to encourage Member States to cooperate closely with the United Nations and other international and regional organizations on organizing regional events on key thematic issues.
The purpose of the Conference is to promote and strengthen international and regional cooperation, identify effective practices to combat terrorism financing and facilitate expert discussions on how to respond to evolving methods used by terrorists and terrorist organizations to fund their activities and structures, including through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime. The event will be used as a platform to discuss complex and multidimensional challenges being faced by members of international community and facilitate the exchange of experience, lessons learnt and good practices in these fields.
Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will also attend the 7th Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue.
Minister Kamilov will hold several bilateral meetings with heads of delegations participating in the Conference.