SCO to establish special center to fight latest threats in Uzbek capital
TASHKENT. March 29 (Interfax) - Relevant agencies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member-states will establish a special center to fight the latest threats, First Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Sergei Smirnov told reporters on Friday.
"The center will deal with responding to the threats of extremism, terrorism and separatism and will also fight drug trafficking and ensure information security," Smirnov said.
Certain difficulties might occur while the center is being established and they will be resolved along the way, the official said. "Firstly, at least four SCO members-states have their own specialized agencies against drug trafficking and the difficulty here will be to devolve power," Smirnov said.
"I think that we will follow the track of establishing specialized groups in the framework of the SCO regional anti-terrorist body, which is functioning already in Tashkent and then we will resolve occurring issues within these specialized groups," Smirnov said.