44th SCO RATS Council Meeting Held in Kyrgyzstan
44th SCO RATS Council Meeting Held in Kyrgyzstan
Following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders’ summit, a council meeting to discuss joint steps in counter-terrorism was held in the city of Cholpon-Ata.
Hosted by Kyrgyzstan, the 44th Council Meeting of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) took place at the Presidential Congress Center in Cholpon-Ata, located in the Issyk-Kul Region. After the meeting, General Kamchybek Tashiev, Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, received SCO RATS members.
Officials from SCO member countries, including China, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, India, and Pakistan, participated in the meeting held at the Presidential Congress Center in Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul Region.
The meeting was chaired by Kurvanbek Avazov, Deputy Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security.
In his speech during the open session, Avazov stated that the meeting would focus on strengthening cooperation mechanisms in combating terrorism, separatism, and extremism.
Noting that the Regional Anti-Terrorist Center had carried out intensive activities in these areas last year, Avazov highlighted that relevant agencies of SCO member states had conducted successful operations based on mutual trust and respect.
Avazov emphasized that international and regional security faces serious threats due to increasing military-political tensions and the proliferation of hybrid warfare.
He added that these threats continue to affect regional security, stressing the urgent need to implement effective measures and further develop cooperation mechanisms.
Within the current conditions, Avazov noted that authorized agencies are obliged to take effective steps to detect, prevent, and suppress extremist activities and to enhance cooperation.
He stated that during the two sessions held under Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship, consensus was reached on 47 documents, and that in 22 separate meetings held in groups of seven, 300 different issues were addressed.
Avazov also noted that numerous terrorist acts in the SCO region have been prevented in recent years. A series of documents were signed following the meeting.
– Additional Cooperation Mechanisms Developed in Counter-Terrorism
Following the meeting, members of the 44th SCO RATS Council posed for a group photo.
Avazov emphasized in a press statement that the meeting focused on developing additional cooperation mechanisms to counter terrorism, separatism, and extremism threatening the region.
He shared that, on Kyrgyzstan’s initiative, decisions were made regarding terrorist group members using SCO borders, the evaluation of electronic evidence, and conducting information operations against terrorist organizations in 2026. Avazov also announced that the chairmanship of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure was handed over to Pakistan.
– SCO Counter-Terrorism Meeting Successfully Completed in Kyrgyzstan
Meanwhile, General Kamchybek Tashiev, Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, received the SCO RATS Council members.
Congratulating the successful completion of the meeting under Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship, Tashiev noted that the meeting was an important step in strengthening security cooperation among SCO member states and reaffirming a shared commitment to combating terrorism, extremism, and separatism.
Tashiev stated that, thanks to the stable work of Kyrgyzstan’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies, significant achievements have been accomplished, and organized criminal groups closely connected with international terrorist and extremist networks have been eliminated.