Shoigu added that the meeting addressed drug trafficking within the CIS region, including the previous threat posed by opiates originating from Afghanistan.
Referring to developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Ukraine, Jalali said Western interference had contributed to regional security challenges.
“Trade turnover between our countries is growing. In the first half of this year, it doubled,” Kabulov said.
Meanwhile, the CSTO Collective Security Council is scheduled to meet in Moscow on November 10 and 11.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have said that they have reduced the cultivation, production, and trafficking of narcotics in Afghanistan to close to zero.
They also emphasized closer coordination with UN bodies to strengthen regional responses to emerging threats.
The situation around Afghanistan has shown noticeable improvement, with a marked decrease in the flow of narcotics from the country to member states of the Commonwealth...
The CIS Executive Committee supported the proposal of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to set up a joint working group to develop a plan for establishing...