MINSK, 21 April (BelTA) – Minsk played host to a regular meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission on Disarmament on 21 April, BelTA learned from the Department of Humanitarian Cooperation, General Political and Social Problems of the CIS Executive Committee.
Attending the meeting were representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee.
The participants of the meeting exchanged views on a wide range of issues in preparation for and during the 10th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which is due to take place in New York in August 2021. In addition, a number of other relevant topics related to nuclear non-proliferation, arms control, and disarmament were discussed.
The participants confirmed the readiness of the CIS member states to continue to coordinate their actions and speak from a consolidated position in order to achieve the goals of ensuring lasting peace and strengthening international security.
The next meeting of the commission is scheduled to take place in Minsk in September 2021.
