8th International Security Summit concluded in Russia
Monitoring Desk: National security advisors and experts of 95 countries have reiterated that strong political will and international cooperation are needed to defeat terrorism.
National security advisors of 95 countries met at the three-day 8th International Security Summit (8th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues) that concluded in Tver Russia on Thursday evening. National Security Advisor of Pakistan Lt Gen (retired) Naseer Khan Janjua held important side-line meetings with his counterparts including with Iranian National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Afghan National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar.
The majority of western media blacked out this international Security Summit.
The summit officially started on May 24 at riverside city of Tver, Russia to discuss modalities to combat extremism and terrorism in world. Tver city is administrative center of Tver Oblast located 180 km northwest of Moscow.
According to Russia media, participants of Summit discussed modalities to enhance cooperation in combating terrorism, transnational organized crime, ensuring international information security and other topics.
The closing statement of Summit maintains:
The world in confronting the threats and challenges regarding spread of terrorism and organised crimes. Effective solution of large-scale and complex tasks in the sphere of security requires the coordination of efforts of all participant countries.
Within three days the participants of the international meeting discussed the directions of cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and transnational organized crime, measures to ensure information security.
The agenda of the summit included questions about the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, countering “color revolutions”, combating illegal migration and controlling wide-spread terrorism.
The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev while heading the meeting stated that the recommendations of Summit would demand administrative determination and political will to find a common response to the challenges and threats being faced by countries across the world.
Deputy UN Secretary General Yuri Fedotov was of the view modern technologies should be used in combating crime and terrorism.
