DUSHANBE, May 15, Asia-Plus  -- President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon received defense ministers of CIS member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), who arrived in Dushanbe to attend the regular session of the council of the SCO defense ministers, presidential press service said.   

In the course of the talks, the sides discussed issues related to joint measures taken to provide regional and international security and stability. 

The Tajik head of state highly appraised the SCO role in this process, noting that the Tajik leadership has always been and remains supporter of joint efforts to address modern challenges and threats – international terrorism and extremism, separatism and drug trafficking.  

They also exchanged views on the present situation in the region and the world and ways to address modern challenges and threats as well as possible development of the situation in Afghanistan, the press service said.