From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 10:23:09 EDT
MEMBERS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ADOPT STATEMENT ON SECURITY ISSUES
IN CENTRAL ASIA
BISHKEK. Oct 11 (Interfax) - The participants in Wednesday's
Collective Security Council session in Bishkek have expressed their
concerns about the increased activity of international terrorism,
political and religious extremism in Central Asia.
"The members of the Collective Security Treaty believe that this
creates a direct threat to the security of the countries of the region
and leads to the long-term destabilization of the situation," the
statement issued by the presidents of the six Collective Security Treaty
signatory-countries reads.
In the document, released by the press service for the Russian
Security Council in Moscow, it is said that "the main cause of
instability in the region is the continuing conflict in Afghanistan,
which has become one of the world's centers of international terrorism
and drug distribution."
"We are calling on the international community to step up the
process of regulating the situation in Afghanistan. Without stability in
this country there will be no stability in the neighboring regions. Only
by collective international efforts is it possible to promote the
establishment of peace in Afghanistan in a practical way, and thus to
promote the strengthening of stability and security in Central Asia,"
the statement reads.
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