?? On December 3–4, the BRICS+ Counter-Terrorism Conference: National and Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategies Amid Emerging Security Challenges and Threats took place in Moscow under the auspices of the Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The forum brought together over a hundred representatives from specialised agencies, academia and civil society of the #BRICS countries and partner states, as well as counter-terrorism units of international organisations, including the UN, CIS, CSTO, and #SCO.

The opening session included remarks by Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Yury Kokov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Dmitry Lyubinsky, senior official from Russia’s Federal Security Service, Deputy Head of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office Eihab Omaish, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov and Head of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Centre Yevgeny Sysoev.

In their remarks, they emphasised the need to consolidate the efforts of competent state authorities and civil society institutions in combating international terrorism and ensuring global stability.

Over the two-day conference, participants discussed the latest developments in countering terrorism and extremism with the agenda focusing on the objective of complete elimination of international terrorist organisations, including ISIS, preventing the use of extremist and terrorist groups as a means of conducting hybrid warfare and interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states, and addressing the problem of radicalisation that leads to terrorism and extremism as a key tool for destabilising the social and political situation within countries.

Delegates highlighted the importance of implementing measures to prevent the spread of fascist and neo-Nazi ideologies, including those aimed at revisionism and historical falsification. They also stressed that relying on terrorist organisations in the pursuit of political and economic agendas was unacceptable.

The international forum facilitated productive exchanges of views, helped its participants align their positions, while also offering fertile ground for articulating forward-looking theoretical and methodological approaches to countering terrorist and extremist activities.

The Russian Federation expresses its gratitude to all representatives of the BRICS countries, partner states, and international organisations who actively participated in the conference and once again reaffirms its readiness for close cooperation on a wide range of matters dealing with the counter-terrorist agenda.