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Official Stresses Iran's Key Role in Global Campaign against Narcotics
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Interior Minister and Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said Iran is the leading country in the global war against narcotics.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with Bolivian anti-drug officials here in Tehran on Wednesday, Mohammad Najjar pointed to Iran's counternarcotics actions and stated, "According to the UN's statistical figures, over 87% of drug discoveries are made in the Islamic Republic of Iran and that shows the Iranian law enforcement forces' sacrifices and dedication."
He added that Iran located near the centers of dug production is spending heavy costs in drug campaign.
Elsewhere, Mohammad Najjar pointed to the growing ties between Iran and Bolivia in political, cultural, social and economic fields, and stated that campaign against narcotics is among the fields of cooperation between Iranian and Bolivian interior ministries.
Yesterday, Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran's Law Enforcement Police General Ali Moayyedi and Bolivia's Vice Minister for Social Defense and Controlled Substances Felipe Caceres Garcia discussed ways of expanding joint campaign against drug trafficking.
Iran and Bolivia can promote cooperation in anti-narcotics fields, Moayyedi said during the first Iran-Bolivia joint commission meeting in Tehran on Tuesday.
The Iranian commander noted that the country's measures to fight drug trafficking and its experiences in that filed are incomparable.
The Bolivian official, for his part, expressed his country's readiness to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran on anti-narcotics activities.
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