News Flash
DHAKA, April 10, 2025 (BSS) - The two-day 21st Inter-sessional Meeting on
Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime of ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF ISM on
CTTC) concluded today in the capital.
The Inter-sessional Meeting (ISM) discussed five priority areas including
illicit drug, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Matters,
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, Trafficking in Persons and
Border Security Management.
It also discussed issues related to both conventional and unconventional
sources of threat to national, regional and global peace and stability.
Bangladesh as the co-chair of the ARF ISM on CTTC hosted the event in
coordination with the other two co-chairing countries, the Philippines, and
the United States, said a foreign ministry's press release here.
The two day's meeting brought together diplomats, government officials,
experts from the 27 participant countries of ARF.
The 26th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Post Ministerial Conference, which
were held in Singapore on July 23-25 in 1993 agreed to establish the ASEAN
Regional Forum (ARF) to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on
political and security issues of common interest and concern.
It also aims to make significant contributions to efforts towards confidence-
building and preventive diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Bangladesh joined the ASEAN Regional Forum in 2006 and for the first time
became co-chair of ARF ISM on Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime in
2023.
