Nazarbayev calls for concerted efforts to fight terrorism

    President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged the CSTO member countries to step up efforts in the fight against international terrorism.
    "The potential threat to security comes from international terrorist organizations and it can be felt here in Central Asia. Unfortunately, we have to admit that citizens of CSTO member states join these radical groups and participate in their illegal activity in the Middle East and Afghanistan," Nazarbayev said at an extended meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Dushanbe on September 15.
    The Kazakh leader called for concerted efforts on part of the CSTO presidents and added that Tajikistan is at the forefront of the fight against terrorist, extremism and illicit drug trafficking.
    "Despite the global economic crisis, we must help (Tajikistan). Kazakhstan will continue to help and support its allies. This year, we sent food and construction products worth $2.7 million to Tajikistan," he noted.
    President Nazarbayev also stressed the situation in Afghanistan is having a serious impact on the state of security in the region, Kazinform reports.