Addressing the UN Security Council’s meeting on UNRCCAactivities on July 26, Quy spoke highly of the centre’s activities insupporting the political process in Kyrgyzstan, promoting dialogue on borderissues involving Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as assisting the building of ajoint agreement between Central Asian countries on trans-boundary watermanagement.
The Vietnamese representative also shared his concern aboutthe negative impact of the Afghan situation on Central Asian countries andwished that the international community, UNRCCA and the United Nations AssistanceMission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) continue working closely to mitigate thisimpact, thus contributing to regional stability.
UNRCCA is a special political mission of the United Nations establishedin 2007 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan upon the initiative of the five Central Asianstates. Its role is to identify and address existing andpotential threats to regional stability. In addition, the centre facilitatespartnerships between the governments of Central Asia in cooperation withregional and international organisations. The UN Security Council convenes ameeting on the centre’s activities every six months./.