On 4 and 5 May, Ashgabat also hosted the 9th review meeting of the signatory parties of the Memorandum of Understanding on Sub-Regional Drug Control Cooperation, signed in 1996 by Central Asian states, Azerbaijan, Russia and the Aga Khan Development Network.
The event brought together ministers of foreign affairs, heads of drug control agencies, senior representatives from justice and health ministries, as well as representatives of international organisations. The Alliance was represented by the NATO Liaison Officer in Central Asia, Alexander Vinnikov. Discussions highlighted persistent challenges posed by the production and trafficking of illegal drugs and sought to reinvigorate dialogue and cooperation among the signatory parties in combating these threats.
NATO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced the launch of a new NATO counter-narcotics training project at a conference in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in May 2015. The project involves five Central Asian states — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan.
NATO | NATO and UNODC launch counter-narcotics training in Central Asia
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