DUSHANBE, November 29, 2013 Asia-Plus — To solve the drug problem Afghanistan needs support of international community because it cannot cope with this problem alone, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mr. Jan Kubis, noted at informal ministerial meeting in Dushanbe on November 29.
The informal meeting of chiefs of counternarcotics agencies of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, China, the United States, and Turkey took place in Dushanbe on November 29.
Representatives of the UN Office n Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the European Union (EU) also attended the meeting, which discussed common approaches to stabilize the situation and counter the drug expansion in the region after withdrawal of the international coalition troops from Afghanistan in 2014.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Kubis noted that international community should continue supporting Afghanistan’s economic reconstruction after 2014 as well.
He further noted that the current drug situation in Afghanistan was not so good and opium production was continuing to show increase in Afghanistan.
UN special envoy for Afghanistan considers that international community has not given enough attention to the Afghan drug problem.
“I hope the Council of Security will give more attention to this issue in the future,” Mr. Kubis said.
He also expressed hope that Afghanistan would also strengthen efforts to combat drugs.
