The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization - Afghanistan urgently needs peace and stability

Talat Beyk Masadikov said: In the current situation, breaking the vicious circle of poverty, stopping drug trafficking, terrorist activities, armed conflicts and other threats is only possible through pragmatic international cooperation.

Moscow, October 16. /TASS/. Talat Beyk Masadikov, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said at a conference hosted by the CSTO, the Commonwealth of Nations (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on security in Central Asia and Afghanistan that Kabul desperately needs peace, stability and economic development.

Masadikov said: "Afghanistan is in dire need of peace, stability and economic development. And in the current situation, breaking the vicious circle of poverty, stopping drug trafficking, terrorist activities, the occurrence of armed conflicts and other threats is only possible through practical, coordinated and staged international cooperation with this country."

CSTO Secretary General said that in this context, efforts between CSTO, CIS and SCO should be coordinated "to advance the peace process in Afghanistan". In the end, he said: "The Taliban government has proven that it is a long-term political force in the country."