POLITICS
TEHRAN HOSTS 1ST MEETING OF HEADS OF ECO COUNTRIES` DRUG COMBATING DEPARTMENTS
Baku, August 2 (AZERTAC). The first meeting of ECO member states` heads of departments for combating drugs has started today in Tehran.
Azerbaijan is represented in the event by Shahin Mirzayev, Deputy Chief of Main Drugs Enforcement Department of the Interior Ministry.
Addressing the event, Mirzayev highlighted the progress achieved in Azerbaijan to fight illegal drugs turnover.
Mirzayev said law enforcement bodies in his country had concrete tasks stemming from the “Program on combat drug trafficking, psychotropic substances and their precursors and drug abuse” for 2007-2012.
He also said Azerbaijan`s law enforcement bodies had bilateral and multilateral cooperation with international organizations and relevant structures of various countries.