MINSK: Saimumin Yatimov, the head of Tajikistan’s Committee for National Security, called for a more robust and united approach against terrorism.
In a meeting of security officials from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Yatimov urged his counterparts to abandon cautious attitudes and emphasized the need to view subversive activities and terrorism as interconnected phenomena.
Addressing the press in Minsk, Yatimov stressed the importance of discarding dogmatic views that treat subversion and terrorism as separate issues. He called for a concentrated effort by security and counter-espionage services to identify connections between these events and develop comprehensive strategies to combat them.
Yatimov asserted that these phenomena are interconnected, organized, and inspired by specific international actors, requiring a more profound and qualitative operational response.
The CIS, formed in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse, originally included Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Turkmenistan maintained a policy of absolute neutrality, while Georgia and Moldova distanced themselves from the organization.
