Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal on anti-drug combat (UPDATED)
BAKU – Azerbaijan’s National Security Ministry and the Russian drug enforcement agency signed an agreement Thursday on cooperation in combating drug trafficking.
The Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov, who is visiting Baku, told a press conference that the agreement envisions exchange of intelligence data about drug traffickers and routes for smuggling narcotics as well as joint search and operations.
According to him, the document will help the two countries to counter drug trafficking through the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno Karabakh region.
Ivanov said Russia’s cooperation with Azerbaijan in drug trafficking combat has "fully justified expectations".
"As a result of this cooperation, we have prevented the smuggling of over a ton of hashish to Russia from Iran via Azerbaijan [over a year’s time]," he said.
Azerbaijan and Russia are collaborating in anti-drug combat under a joint plan signed in 2009.
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