Representative of Tajikistan has been appointed to head the Executive Committee of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS).  

In accordance with a decision adopted by the SCO Council of Heads of State, representative of Tajikistan, Jumakhon Ghiyosov, has appointed Director of the SCO RATS Executive Committee, a source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus today morning.  

Jumakhon Ghiyosov had previously served as Deputy Director of the SCO RATS Executive Committee since 2017. 

Prior to this, he had served at the State Committee of National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan and the Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) under the Government of Tajikistan.  

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Headquartered in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) is a permanent organ of the SCO which serves to promote cooperation of member states against the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism.  The Head of RATS is elected to a three-year term.  Each member state also sends a permanent representative to RATS.

The SCO was founded at a Summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

           The Shanghai Cooperation Organization currently has eight full members -- China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.  Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia are four observer states, and SCO’s dialogue partners include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey.  ACEAN, CIS, Turkmenistan and the United Nations are guest attendances.