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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    March 29 2005

    OFFICE OF RUSSIAN ANTI-DRUG SERVICE TO BE OPENED IN AFGHANISTAN


    MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian federal anti-drug
    service intends to open an office in Afghanistan by the end of 2005,
    service's deputy director Alexander Fyodorov said.

    "The plans to open our office in Kabul are being implemented," he
    noted adding that the necessary legal basis would be drafted in 2005.


    According to Fyodorov, about 130 tons of drugs were seized on Russian
    territory in 2004.

    "The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs recommends relevant
    organizations to study and use the Russian anti-drug experience," in
    particular, on the post-Soviet space, Alexander Fyodorov noted.

    Director of the Russian Federal Anti-Drug Service Viktor Cherkesov
    and Armenian police chief Aik Arutyunyan signed an agreement on
    cooperation against illegal trafficking of drugs, psychotropic
    substances and their precursors on Tuesday.

    "In compliance with the agreement, the joint work of the Russian and
    Armenian law enforcement bodies will include anti-drug trafficking
    activities, joint operative and preventive measures, development of
    direct contacts, exchange of experience, legislative and other
    normative acts, statistic information and recommendations and
    professional training of staffers," the PR center of the Russian
    federal anti-drug service reported.
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