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Russian OSCE envoy calls for closer cooperation to avert drug threat
VIENNA, November 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's permanent representative at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Anvar Azimov on Thursday called for closer cooperation between the OSCE and regional organizations in the fight against the Afghan drug threat.
"Russia is an active supporter of the idea of closer international
cooperation in the fight against threat of the criminal nature," Azimov told the OSCE Permanent Council, commenting on the report by Beksultan Sarsekov, the head of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC).
"One of the most important areas is the fight against illegal drug trafficking. Growing trafficking of drugs is a serious challenge to international peace and security. Further mobilization of international efforts is needed to work out an efficient mechanism to avert the global drug threat."
According to Azimov, the United Nations should play the key role in this process but "it is expedient to make the most of the possibilities of regional organizations, such as the OSCE, the European Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the CIS, the CARICC, and others."
In his words, a group of countries, including Russia, Armenia,
Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, the United States, Tajikistan, and Turkey have
submitted a draft framework concept of OSCE activities in the area of
anti-drug efforts to `boost` the OSCE potential in the area of fighting illegal drug trafficking, to develop cooperation in this field among its member countries, and to strengthen relations with specialized international and regional structures and mechanisms."
"We hope this initiative will be supported at the Astana summit and an anti-drug concept will be adopted in 2011," the Russian envoy went on.
"We proceed from the fact that closer cooperation between the OSCE and the CARICC will encourage coordinated regional efforts to avert a drug threat coming, first of all, from Afghanistan."
He hailed the idea of "anti-drug and financial security belts around Afghanistan to capture trafficked drugs and to monitor trans-border movement of money supposedly earned from illegal sales of drugs."
"In general, the drug threat may be averted only through pooled
efforts of the entire world community," he added.
"Russia is an active supporter of the idea of closer international
cooperation in the fight against threat of the criminal nature," Azimov told the OSCE Permanent Council, commenting on the report by Beksultan Sarsekov, the head of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC).
"One of the most important areas is the fight against illegal drug trafficking. Growing trafficking of drugs is a serious challenge to international peace and security. Further mobilization of international efforts is needed to work out an efficient mechanism to avert the global drug threat."
According to Azimov, the United Nations should play the key role in this process but "it is expedient to make the most of the possibilities of regional organizations, such as the OSCE, the European Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the CIS, the CARICC, and others."
In his words, a group of countries, including Russia, Armenia,
Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, the United States, Tajikistan, and Turkey have
submitted a draft framework concept of OSCE activities in the area of
anti-drug efforts to `boost` the OSCE potential in the area of fighting illegal drug trafficking, to develop cooperation in this field among its member countries, and to strengthen relations with specialized international and regional structures and mechanisms."
"We hope this initiative will be supported at the Astana summit and an anti-drug concept will be adopted in 2011," the Russian envoy went on.
"We proceed from the fact that closer cooperation between the OSCE and the CARICC will encourage coordinated regional efforts to avert a drug threat coming, first of all, from Afghanistan."
He hailed the idea of "anti-drug and financial security belts around Afghanistan to capture trafficked drugs and to monitor trans-border movement of money supposedly earned from illegal sales of drugs."
"In general, the drug threat may be averted only through pooled
efforts of the entire world community," he added.
