Conference on combating terrorism to take place in the Tavricheskiy Palace

On 28 March 2017, the IPA CIS and the OSCE PA will jointly host the Parliamentary Conference on Combating International Terrorism.

The program of the event features a plenary session and a number of thematic discussions, as well as discussion of relevant issues of world politics in the field of combating terrorism in a number of directions, including building a system of international cooperation, exploring the issues of financing terrorist activities at national and international levels, humanitarian aspects of anti-terrorist activity, and protection of human rights.

The Conference is aimed at finding ways to combat terrorism and sharing practices of responding to its manifestations. Parliamentarians engaged in consideration of issues of terrorism and promotion of security, representatives of relevant ministries and institutions, international parliamentary and specialized organizations, as well as experts and scholars are invited to attend the event.

According to Konstantin Kosachev, Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nabih Berri, President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, Speaker of the National Assembly of Lebanon, will attend the Conference on which they agreed at a meeting during the working trip of Konstantin Kosachev to the Middle East.