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Foreign military contingents in Afghanistan passive in drug struggle
MOSCOW, March 6 (Itar-Tass) - Foreign military contingents in
Afghanistan can and must take more active efforts to fight drug production in that country. This opinion was expressed on Sunday by the Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on an appraisal by US analysts on the situation with drug production in the region.
The Russian Foreign Ministry shares the common principled appraisal of American partners that the situation with countering illicit drug traffic in the world and in Russia, in particular, is worrisome indeed. However, apart from the above, Russian appraisals differ with those made in the analysis, carried out by the US, the commentary runs.
Sure, the situation in Russia is, above all, a headache of "residents of our country, and it is the care, above all, of Russian competent bodies how to correct it". The commentary says that colleagues from the US should "analyse also reasons which resulted in the fact that the situation with illicit drug traffic in Russia is not to our liking either".
"In the meantime, even an ordinary person knows that drugs of the
opiate group, wide-spread in Russia now, come from the Afghan territory where numerous contingents of armed forces of the US and its allies have been stationed since 2001," the Foreign Ministry notes.
It is self-evident that "it is not to the liking of Americans
themselves to point to a rise in the production of opiates in Afghanistan by dozens of times over that period - but it is a fact". "In our opinion, the foreign military presences in Afghanistan can and must take more active efforts in struggle against drug production in that country, since they virtually shouldered responsibility for security questions in Afghanistan," the commentary emphasises.
Moreover, the ministry notes, "we offer our assistance and cooperation in all forms, apart from military presence in the Afghan territory".Americans instance an example of such cooperation: busting of four major drug-producing laboratories in Afghanistan, which took place on October 28, 2010.
The Russian side supplied data on the whereabouts of the above
laboratories. "However, there are hundreds of such facilities in the
Afghan territory, and very many of them as well as for instance opium
poppy plantations, stockpiles of precursors necessary for drug production and routes of drug deliveries to Afghan outside borders, are in zones, controlled by the US contingent," the commentary runs.
"Regrettably, the episode with the destruction of four laboratories in 2010 remains, for the time being, the only case in our cooperation with the US in this sphere," the Foreign Ministry states. Under this situation, "growing segments of the Russian public raise the question: are foreign military presences in Afghanistan so helpless in the face of drug producers and traffickers?" the commentary notes.
Afghanistan can and must take more active efforts to fight drug production in that country. This opinion was expressed on Sunday by the Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on an appraisal by US analysts on the situation with drug production in the region.
The Russian Foreign Ministry shares the common principled appraisal of American partners that the situation with countering illicit drug traffic in the world and in Russia, in particular, is worrisome indeed. However, apart from the above, Russian appraisals differ with those made in the analysis, carried out by the US, the commentary runs.
Sure, the situation in Russia is, above all, a headache of "residents of our country, and it is the care, above all, of Russian competent bodies how to correct it". The commentary says that colleagues from the US should "analyse also reasons which resulted in the fact that the situation with illicit drug traffic in Russia is not to our liking either".
"In the meantime, even an ordinary person knows that drugs of the
opiate group, wide-spread in Russia now, come from the Afghan territory where numerous contingents of armed forces of the US and its allies have been stationed since 2001," the Foreign Ministry notes.
It is self-evident that "it is not to the liking of Americans
themselves to point to a rise in the production of opiates in Afghanistan by dozens of times over that period - but it is a fact". "In our opinion, the foreign military presences in Afghanistan can and must take more active efforts in struggle against drug production in that country, since they virtually shouldered responsibility for security questions in Afghanistan," the commentary emphasises.
Moreover, the ministry notes, "we offer our assistance and cooperation in all forms, apart from military presence in the Afghan territory".Americans instance an example of such cooperation: busting of four major drug-producing laboratories in Afghanistan, which took place on October 28, 2010.
The Russian side supplied data on the whereabouts of the above
laboratories. "However, there are hundreds of such facilities in the
Afghan territory, and very many of them as well as for instance opium
poppy plantations, stockpiles of precursors necessary for drug production and routes of drug deliveries to Afghan outside borders, are in zones, controlled by the US contingent," the commentary runs.
"Regrettably, the episode with the destruction of four laboratories in 2010 remains, for the time being, the only case in our cooperation with the US in this sphere," the Foreign Ministry states. Under this situation, "growing segments of the Russian public raise the question: are foreign military presences in Afghanistan so helpless in the face of drug producers and traffickers?" the commentary notes.
