Press Release: EU deepens dialogue on counter terrorism with five Central Asian countries.

On 24 and 25 April the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Mr Gilles de Kerchove, together with colleagues from the European External Action Service, visited Kazakhstan. The purpose of his visit was to deepen the dialogue on counter-terrorism with five Central Asian countries; Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Over the course of two days the coordinator engaged among other things in conversations with think tanks and the chief Imam of the Almaty mosque as well as in a detailed dialogue with government officials of all five countries. Main topics of discussion were the preventing of radicalisation and terrorism, countering terrorist financing and foreign fighters.

EU: EEAS: EU's relations with Central Asia http://eeas.europa.eu/central_asia/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Evaluation of the EU's Human Rights Policies and Engagement in Central Asia http://www.europeansources.info/record/evaluation-of-the-eus-human-rights-policies-and-engagement-in-central-asia/

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