GEORGIA, ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN DISCUSS FIGHTING AGAINST DRUG DISSEMINATION

ARMENPRESS
Feb 6, 2009

TBILISI, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS: The session of the organization
committee of fighting against dissemination of drugs in the South
Caucasus took place today in Tbilisi with the participation of
representatives of Armenian, Georgian and Azerbaijani governments.

During the meeting the sides discussed the results of fighting against
drug dissemination since 2007 and plans for 2009. The program is being
carried out with the support of EU and direct participation of UNDP.

The program started functioning five years ago. The fifth round of
the program, the cost of which exceeds 2 million euros started in
2007 and will continue for 3 years.

"The drug issue is trans-national problem, it equally refers to the
three South Caucasian countries. In this respect the cooperation is
very important so that it will be possible to reduce the spread of
drugs and their usage," representative of the European Commission in
Georgia, Ambassador Per Eklund said.

On his turn, permanent representative of UNDP Robert Watkins noted
that the main goal of the program is to support the cooperation between
the South Caucasian countries in fighting against drug dissemination.