DUSHANBE , April 25, Asia-Plus - A meeting of secretaries of security council from Central Asia ’s states and the Russian Federation is opening in Dushanbe tomorrow, April 26.  

According to information from the Tajik MFA, the meeting participants include secretaries of security council from Tajikistan (Amirqul Azimov), Kyrgyzstan (Miroslav Niyazov), Kazakhstan (Kenzhebulat Abdyrov), Russia (Igor Ivanov), and Uzbekistan (Mukhtar Atayev).  

The meeting is being held behind closed doors.  Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bardyuzha, is also attending the meeting in Dushanbe .  

The meeting is aiming to consider issues related to providing regional security in Central Asia , measures to fight terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking.