Head of Azerbaijan`s State Security Service Lieutenant General Mr. Ali Naghiyev has participated in the 47th meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan.

Addressing the event, Lieutenant General Mr. A.Naghiyev said that despite the elimination of major terrorist strongholds in Syria and Iraq, efforts to revitalize religious extremist and terrorist groups still represented a serious threat to international security.

On the sidelines of the event, Lieutenant General Mr. A.Naghiyev and his Uzbek counterpart Mr. Abdusalom Azizov signed a Cooperation Agreement between the security services of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.

The heads of delegations of the 47th meeting were received by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.