POLITICS
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEETS RUSSIAN DELEGATION
Mr. Ali Hasanov updated the guests in detail on his Committee’s activities, collaboration of the state bodies in the area of prevention of drug trafficking. The Commission was established by the decree of national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev in 1996, he said, and there is necessary legal basis for the structure to work effectively. The fight against illegal drug trafficking, according to him, is not a task for some country taken alone. So, we are trying to expand cooperation in this sphere with other countries including Russia, he noted.
The Committee Chair Ali Hasanov further announced that during five months of this year, 1004 facts and 95 kg of narcotic substances have been revealed. Also for the mentioned period, 20 kg have been confiscated from 39 foreigners.
Thanking the Chairman for the warm meeting, General Viktor Cherkesov told of his country’s combat illegal drug trafficking, and expressed satisfaction with cooperation between the Russian Federal Service for Control Over Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances and relevant structures in the Azerbaijan Republic.
The parties have also held an exchange of views on possibilities of further expanding of the cooperation, and methods for elimination of the factors promoting circulation of this evil.