Pak-Iran efforts to continue for drugs
eradication
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran will continue to co-operation and
coordinate in their efforts to eliminate and eradicate drugs from their
respective countries. This was the main thread of talks held between
Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Moinuddin Haider and a two-member high
level Iranian delegation on Narcotics led by Muhammad Falah here on
Friday.
During the talks, the minister told the delegation that Pakistan's drive
against drugs had been appreciated and acknowledged worldwide. He
informed the delegation Pakistan is launching a campaign to rehabilitate
and detoxify drug-addicts with a close and useful cooperation of NGOs.
In this respect, a national conference of NGOs working in this field will be
convened very soon to evolve a more effective and comprehensive
strategy, he said. The minister and the delegation agreed that the
eradication of this menace must be given top priority in bilateral
relations.
Meanwhile, on the issue of Afghanistan, they called for regional
arrangement to help poppy growers in the war-ravaged country to
substitute opium poppy with other crops. The two sides were unanimous
on view that the international donors had left Afghans and there should
be a regional level arrangement to deal with the narcotics problem in
Afghanistan. Pakistan and Iranian officials also agreed to separate drug
issue from politics in case of Afghanistan.
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Very good, we should work towards more regional ties with Iran, Afghanistan, China, UAE, Oman etc.
We need their support to promote our trade.
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eradication
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran will continue to co-operation and
coordinate in their efforts to eliminate and eradicate drugs from their
respective countries. This was the main thread of talks held between
Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Moinuddin Haider and a two-member high
level Iranian delegation on Narcotics led by Muhammad Falah here on
Friday.
During the talks, the minister told the delegation that Pakistan's drive
against drugs had been appreciated and acknowledged worldwide. He
informed the delegation Pakistan is launching a campaign to rehabilitate
and detoxify drug-addicts with a close and useful cooperation of NGOs.
In this respect, a national conference of NGOs working in this field will be
convened very soon to evolve a more effective and comprehensive
strategy, he said. The minister and the delegation agreed that the
eradication of this menace must be given top priority in bilateral
relations.
Meanwhile, on the issue of Afghanistan, they called for regional
arrangement to help poppy growers in the war-ravaged country to
substitute opium poppy with other crops. The two sides were unanimous
on view that the international donors had left Afghans and there should
be a regional level arrangement to deal with the narcotics problem in
Afghanistan. Pakistan and Iranian officials also agreed to separate drug
issue from politics in case of Afghanistan.
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Very good, we should work towards more regional ties with Iran, Afghanistan, China, UAE, Oman etc.
We need their support to promote our trade.
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