Heads of member countries of the Central Asian Cooperation Organisation. From left to right: Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmonov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akaev.
President Vladimir Putin considers economic interaction in the format of CACO to be very promising, including in the agroindustrial sphere, the formation of a common transport space, and the stimulation of border trade.
By its involvement in the organisation, Russia expects to seriously increase its practical capabilities in opposing threats such as terrorism, religious extremism, and illegal drug trafficking.