Ministers in Vienna adopt declaration on border security in Central Asia, agree to further enhance border management co-operation

Participants of the 10th Conference of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) held in Vienna adopted a Ministerial Declaration on 17 April 2012.

In the Declaration, the Conference participants called CABSI “an important tool to promote a sustainable and integrated border management approach, as well as to facilitate legitimate trade between countries and movement of persons and to ensure the management of migration flows while simultaneously encouraging economic development”.

The conference participants also acknowledged the capacity building contributions made by the OSCE in the field of border security and management in the region and welcomed the continued development of the Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe. They agreed to further enhance border management co-operation with neighbouring countries at both strategic and technical levels. “The EU, OSCE and UNODC expressed their readiness to support such actions within the current co-operation framework,” the Declaration states.

The Ministers welcomed the decision by the Government of Turkmenistan to host the 11th CABSI Conference in 2013.

Full text of the CABSI Declaration is available on //www.osce.org/sg/89735