Russia, China could drive anti-terrorist struggle: CSTO chief
Russia, China and relevant regional bodies could become locomotives of an international coalition to combat terrorism, the chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Thursday.
Nikolai Bordyuzha, secretary general of the organization, said "there is a need for consolidation among Russia and the CSTO member states, (as well as) China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which could become locomotives of the entire anti-terrorist struggle."
He made the remarks at the fifth Moscow International Security Conference, reported the RIA Novosti news agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Wednesday in his address to the conference that a broad international front under United Nations (UN) auspices be established, an idea he first proposed at the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly last year.
Bordyuzha said that a network for interaction should be established in the first place among international organizations that specialize in security issues, and coordinated by the United Nations.
He also called for more coordination among a set of other organizations in their respective regions, such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the African Union (AU).
The initial task of the future alliance would be to compile a common list of terrorist groups, which all involved countries should take measures to neutralize, he said.
The Russia-led organization, headed by Bordyuzha, is an intergovernmental military alliance that also comprises Belarus, Armenia and most Central Asian countries.
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