Tehran – Thanks to the country’s achievements and successful experience in reducing, preventing and treating social harms, Iran can serve as a regional hub for the Shanghai Cooperation Agency (SCO) fighting drugs, as stated by a Drug Management Headquarters (DCHQ) official.
Iran’s role in strengthening regional security and tackling common threats such as terrorism, drugs and sanctions has helped transform the SCO into a powerful block of the world’s multipolar systems, with the IRNA citing Mohammad Nalimani saying on Sunday.
“The Shanghai Cooperation Agency will be able to help Iran identify and destroy drug trafficking networks and terrorist acts, and promote access to advanced equipment to monitor boundaries by destroying heroin and methamphetamine labs and supplies,” Nalimani said.
Having paid heavy human and financial costs in the fight against drugs, Iran has the right to expect Shanghai cooperative organizations to use their political, security and economic capabilities to use their political, security and economic capabilities to support the country, in order to ensure stability and security.
Sco has a powerful force in the fight against drugs
The dedication and praiseworthy efforts of all member states have transformed the SCO into a powerful institution, especially in the fight against illegal drugs, Nalimani said in May.
“To come together to strengthen our collective response to the challenge means that unity, not geography, defines our efforts in the fight against drugs,” Mehr’s news agency quoted Nalimani as saying.
Officials made their remarks while dealing with regular meetings of high-ranking anti-drug agency officials from SCO member states held on May 26th and 27th in Xi’an, China.
The situation in the region is becoming increasingly complicated in terms of cultivation, production, opiate trafficking, psychotropic substances and their precursor chemicals, and substance abuse, he added.
As opium cultivation and production decreases, it sometimes increases, in parallel with a decrease in opium production, and the production of psychotropic drugs such as methamphetamine increases.
However, the problem persists and remains strong. Decriminalization of drug-related crimes also made the situation worse and challenged the fight against drugs, Nalimani stressed.
Officials detailed the country’s successful measures to address illegal drug and drug trafficking, including the establishment of a community centre for the treatment of substance use disorders in 2019.
During the meeting, the results of the work group’s activities on anti-drug cooperation within the SCO were summarised and the issues of preparation for this year’s meeting of competent authorities in the upcoming drug-crowded SCO member states were discussed.
The tasks of this mechanism included the tasks of the Target Agency to support the development of medium-term drug programs and the experience in organizing illicit trafficking of drug drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, organizing scientific and practical conferences, seminars, conferences and working sessions, and redeeming experience in related fields.
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