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    RUSSIAN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR JOINT ANTI-DRUG EFFORT IN YEREVAN

    Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
    29 Mar 06

    [Presenter over video session and news conference] The coordinating
    council of the heads of the anti-drug agencies of the Collective
    Security Treaty Organization [CSTO] member states has held a session
    in Yerevan.

    In reply to Azerbaijan's accusations, the head of the council and
    director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service [FDCS], Viktor
    Cherkesov, said that not a single fact of illegal drug trade has been
    registered in Karabakh. Summing up the results of the work of the
    coordinating council, Viktor Cherkesov called for joint efforts in the
    fight against drug trafficking. The international drug mafia has been
    very active and well-organized. Therefore we need to take additional
    measures in the fight against it. The heads of the Russian, Armenian,
    Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Turkmen police discussed these issues
    at the session of the coordinating council.

    [Viktor Cherkesov, captioned, in Russian with Armenian voice over]
    More than 9,000 crimes have been solved. About 11,000 tonnes of drugs
    were confiscated during the channel-2005 joint anti-drugs operation.

    Apart from the CIS member states, Iran, Pakistan and Ukraine have
    also been involved. The USA and Mongolia have joined us recently.

    [Chief of the Armenian Police Lt-Gen Ayk Arutyunyan captioned] The
    problem of drug abuse is not that serious in Armenia. There are no
    drug addicts among children. We have not registered any increase in
    drug dealing in Armenia. The situation is under control. We all have
    to stay alert.
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