CSTO member countries discuss situation in Afghanistan

The member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have reviewed the current situation in Afghanistan in a joint meeting held on Thursday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

According to the TASS news agency, the Collective Security Treaty Organization emphasized strengthening foreign policy, improving crisis response mechanisms, and expanding cooperation with other international and regional organizations.

The participants also discussed countering terrorist threats and drug trafficking.

The CSTO had previously stated that terrorist groups are actively present in Afghanistan, and drug trafficking continues from the country.

Earlier, the head of the Joint Staff of CSTO, General Anatoly Siderov, stated that the Islamic Emirate does not have control over all parts of northern Afghanistan and therefore they would take special security measures on the borders with Afghanistan.

However, IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid assures that the geography of Afghanistan is not a threat to any country and no group is allowed to create a threat to another country from the territory of Afghanistan.

“The concern that the Collective Security Treaty Organization has expressed is not true, we have repeatedly expressed the position of the Islamic Emirate that Afghanistan is not a threat to anyone and does not harm anyone, said Mujahid.

“Unfortunately, there are some circles that try to spread propaganda or threaten Afghanistan, which is not true,” he added.

The heads of state from Russia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Secretary General of the CSTO attended this meeting.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon, the presidents of Russia and Tajikistan, discussed Afghanistan and regional security in Moscow.