Qatar and Tajikistan will organise today and tomorrow a high-level international conference on combating terrorism and the prevention of violent extremism in co-operation with the United Nations, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union in the Tajik capital Dushanbe.
Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Special Envoy on Counterterrorism and Mediation in Dispute Settlement, ambassador Dr
Mutlaq bin Majed al-Qahtani, will attend the conference, which is expected to witness wide international participation.
The conference aims to address the security challenges facing the world and unite efforts to counter terrorism, radicalism and violent extremism as the main feeder of instability in many parts of the world.
It also aims at creating a common understanding of current challenges and exploring opportunities for strengthening partnership and co-operation at the national, regional and international levels to combat terrorism and violent extremism in addition to share opportunities and challenges in the implementation of Tajikistan’s national counter-terrorism strategy.
The conference will seek to identify the trends and challenges of extremism, the role of youth, ideology and information in preventing and combating violent extremism leading to terrorism, as well as sharing experiences in combating it and focusing on preventing foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) threats.
It also seeks to identify domestic and regional counter-terrorism mechanisms, and strengthening co-operation against electronic terrorism and developing guidelines to combat violent extremism in cyberspace.
