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Official Stresses Iran's Key Role in Campaign against Terrorism, Narcotics
TEHRAN,APRIL 30(FNA)- Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs Ali Abdollahi called Iran a major victim of terrorism , and stressed that Iran has played a key role in the global campaign against terrorism and drug-trafficking.
Abdollahi made the remarks in a meeting with Russia's Interior Minister Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev on the sidelines of the meeting of the interior ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana on Friday evening.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has played the most prominent role in anti-narcotics efforts," he stressed, and said the 3,700 Iranian security forces martyred in the campaign against drugs and another 13,000 Iranians injured in this combat corroborate the same fact.
"Owning to the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is amongst the world's biggest victims of terrorism the country is resolved to combat drug-trafficking, terrorism, extremism and human-trafficking and it is prepared to have tight cooperation with the regional and world countries" in these grounds, the official added.
The Russian minister, for his part, underscored that bilateral and multilateral cooperation among the regional states is the best way to confront the problem of drugs and terrorism.
Earlier in April, Iran and Russia's designate officials on Afghan affairs in their meeting in Moscow underlined the necessity for further cooperation among nations to help restore security and stability to the war-torn country.
During the meeting, Head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Headquarters for Afghan Affairs Mohsen Pak-Ayeen and Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov underlined the necessity for the expansion and deepening of joint cooperation in anti-narcotics fields, campaign against drug-trafficking and other areas in a move to help establish peace, security and stability in Afghanistan.
Pak-Ayeen, for his part, said Tehran and Moscow share common views on Afghanistan, specially on confrontation against drug production and trafficking, terrorism and extremism as well as establishment of peace and stability in the country.
The Russian official, too, lauded the trend of the expansion of Iran-Russia cooperation on security in the region and Afghanistan as well as campaign against drug-trafficking.
In December 2010, Iran and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in campaigning narcotics and drug-traffickers.
The agreement was signed by Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and the visiting Chief of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS), Viktor Ivanov, here in Tehran.
Following the endorsement ceremony, Najjar told reporters that Iran and Russia embarked on signing the cooperation agreement because both countries are on the main transit route used by international drug networks.
Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe as well as the Persian Gulf states. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian police have lost more than 3700 of their personnel in the country's combat against narcotics.
Eastern Iran borders Afghanistan, which is the world's number one opium and drug producer. Iran's geographical position has made the country a favorite transit corridor for drug traffickers who intend to smuggle their cargoes from Afghanistan to drug dealers in Europe.
Each year, the Iranian government spends hundreds of millions of dollars erecting barriers along the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan and pumping resources into checkpoints.
Afghanistan continues to account for 90 percent of the world's illicit opium and heroin production, the UN drugs monitoring body said in its 2010 report.
Abdollahi made the remarks in a meeting with Russia's Interior Minister Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev on the sidelines of the meeting of the interior ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana on Friday evening.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has played the most prominent role in anti-narcotics efforts," he stressed, and said the 3,700 Iranian security forces martyred in the campaign against drugs and another 13,000 Iranians injured in this combat corroborate the same fact.
"Owning to the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is amongst the world's biggest victims of terrorism the country is resolved to combat drug-trafficking, terrorism, extremism and human-trafficking and it is prepared to have tight cooperation with the regional and world countries" in these grounds, the official added.
The Russian minister, for his part, underscored that bilateral and multilateral cooperation among the regional states is the best way to confront the problem of drugs and terrorism.
Earlier in April, Iran and Russia's designate officials on Afghan affairs in their meeting in Moscow underlined the necessity for further cooperation among nations to help restore security and stability to the war-torn country.
During the meeting, Head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Headquarters for Afghan Affairs Mohsen Pak-Ayeen and Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov underlined the necessity for the expansion and deepening of joint cooperation in anti-narcotics fields, campaign against drug-trafficking and other areas in a move to help establish peace, security and stability in Afghanistan.
Pak-Ayeen, for his part, said Tehran and Moscow share common views on Afghanistan, specially on confrontation against drug production and trafficking, terrorism and extremism as well as establishment of peace and stability in the country.
The Russian official, too, lauded the trend of the expansion of Iran-Russia cooperation on security in the region and Afghanistan as well as campaign against drug-trafficking.
In December 2010, Iran and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in campaigning narcotics and drug-traffickers.
The agreement was signed by Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and the visiting Chief of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS), Viktor Ivanov, here in Tehran.
Following the endorsement ceremony, Najjar told reporters that Iran and Russia embarked on signing the cooperation agreement because both countries are on the main transit route used by international drug networks.
Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe as well as the Persian Gulf states. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian police have lost more than 3700 of their personnel in the country's combat against narcotics.
Eastern Iran borders Afghanistan, which is the world's number one opium and drug producer. Iran's geographical position has made the country a favorite transit corridor for drug traffickers who intend to smuggle their cargoes from Afghanistan to drug dealers in Europe.
Each year, the Iranian government spends hundreds of millions of dollars erecting barriers along the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan and pumping resources into checkpoints.
Afghanistan continues to account for 90 percent of the world's illicit opium and heroin production, the UN drugs monitoring body said in its 2010 report.
