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The heads of the foreign ministries of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expressed support for the establishment of the UN Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty (Kazakhstan). This is stated in a joint statement distributed following the talks, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee reports.
The ministers highly appreciated the adoption of the relevant resolution by the UN General Assembly and reaffirmed their commitment to the norms of international law and the UN Charter.
The parties stressed their interest in strengthening regional cooperation and expressed their readiness to promote the peaceful development of Afghanistan, including participation in international humanitarian efforts coordinated by the UN.
According to the CSTO states, the activities of the new UN centre will contribute to the deepening of peaceful dialogue in Eurasia, strengthening the complementarity of UN development programmes and solving priority socio-economic tasks of the region.
The statement also emphasizes the importance of the ongoing reform of the UN development system and declares the readiness of the CSTO states to jointly use the Center’s potential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
