EAG Secretariat participates in the Ninth International Scientific and Practical Conference of SCO RATS in Tashkent

On November 7-8, 2023, the Ninth International Scientific and Practical Conference of the SCO RATS "Trust, Cooperation and Professionalism as a Guarantee of a Secure Future" was held in Tashkent (Republic of Uzbekistan).

The conference was attended by representatives of competent authorities of the SCO member states; SCO observer states; SCO dialogue partner states; SCO Secretariat; dedicated structures of international organizations, including EAG, as well as research institutions.

During the conference its participants:

• discussed current trends in the transformation of global challenges and threats to security, possible forms and ways of international anti-terrorist co-operation, and factors influencing the dynamics of the situation in the region;
• focused attention on new methods and ways of action by terrorist and extremist organizations and the increasing use by them of unmanned aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence technologies to carry out terrorist activities; 
• exchanged national experience in countering terrorism and extremism in the SCO area, as well as best practices in countering the use of achievements in information and communication technologies for terrorist and extremist purposes;
• stressed the relevance of broad involvement of civil society institutions in work to prevent and avoid the spread of the ideology of terrorism and extremism and to rehabilitate victims of terrorist and extremist organizations;
• emphasized the problem of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, exchanged information on new forms and methods of terrorist financing, including the use of virtual assets, crypto pyramids, modern digital payment services, at the expense of funds from illicit trafficking in narcotic substances, etc;
• noted the transformation of the actions of international terrorist organizations and the emergence of new challenges and threats associated with the aggravation of the security situation in a number of regions of the world;
• noted the need to consolidate international efforts to counter terrorism and extremism in all its forms and manifestations, and emphasized the important role of international and regional anti-terrorist organizations in strengthening international cooperation in this area.

During the meeting the report of the EAG Secretariat on combating the financing of terrorism in the Eurasian region, including the use of modern technologies, was presented to the participants.

EAG Secretariat