MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev discussed security challenges in Central Asia with his Tajik counterpart Abdurahim Qahhorov, the Russian Security Council said Thursday in a statement.
"Nikolai Patrushev and Abdurahim Qahhorov discussed the situation in the Central Asian region, challenges coming from the territory of Afghanistan, Russian-Tajik military and technical cooperation," the statement reads.
According to the Russian Security Council, the talks concerned the engagement of foreign nationals in armed conflicts on the side of terrorists and security aspects of labor migration.
Russian and Tajik security experts also discussed the issues of regional and international security Thursday in Moscow.
