MINSK, 9 October (BelTA) – Competent agencies should start sharing data about the migration situation in real time. Sergei Lebedev, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary, made the statement during the international high-level conference on preventing and fighting terrorism in the digital age in Minsk on 9 October, BelTA has learned.
Close attention is paid in the Commonwealth of Independent States to concerted measures with regard to people, who come back to the CIS states after taking part in actions of international terrorist organizations. “We need reliable information about the migration situation in specific regions and about the migration flow of people, who are potentially dangerous. It can be done by switching information sharing between the competent agencies to the real time mode,” believes Sergei Lebedev.
The CIS member states view fight against terrorism as one of the most important tasks in ensuring national security. “We are in favor of stepping up broad international cooperation in this area with the UN playing the central coordinating role on the basis of internationally recognized legal norms and principles,” said the official.
The international high-level conference on preventing and fighting terrorism in the digital age is scheduled to take place in Minsk on 9-10 October. Participants of the session are expected to discuss the implementation of the OSCE conceptual base for the sake of fighting terrorism in the digital age, the importance of public private partnerships in preventing and fighting online terrorism, and the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks originating from cyber space. Taking part in the conference are representatives of OSCE member states and partner states, top Collective Security Treaty Organization officials, representatives of the private sector and analytical structures. Top officials of the OSCE, the UN Counter-Terrorism Office, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime will visit Belarus. The event has been organized by the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the OSCE.
