Stanislav Zas called for assistance to Tajikistan

The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expressed concern over threats from Afghanistan.

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As reported by TASS, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas emphasized the need to assist Tajikistan in containing potential threats during a meeting of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots on Thursday.

“The CSTO Secretary General informed the deputies about the situation in the Eastern European, Caucasian, and Central Asian regions of CSTO collective security and outlined the threats emanating from the territory of Afghanistan. Stanislav Zas stressed the necessity of providing assistance to Tajikistan in containing potential threats,” the statement said.

Earlier, on January 10, Alexander Lukashenko also called on the leaders of CSTO member states to assist Tajikistan. “The President of Tajikistan has been asking us for years for material support, primarily military equipment, and we need to do this so that it does not cost us more later, as it did with Kazakhstan. I would not want this to happen in Tajikistan. It is better to help him now; he will cope with these problems,” Lukashenko emphasized.

However, the Taliban, who are in power in Afghanistan, denied recent statements by the President of Tajikistan regarding threats from the territory of Afghanistan and repeatedly emphasized that no threats exist to other countries, especially those neighboring Afghanistan, from its territory.