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Wed, 07/27/2011 - 14:12
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Polish Envoy Criticizes Int'l Community for Meager Aid to Iran's Fight against Drugs
TEHRAN (FNA)- Polish Ambassador to Tehran Juliusz J. Gojlo blasted the international community for its weak support and low financial assistance with Iran's campaign against narcotics, and called on the world to aid Iran with stronger action and more funds.
"International aids to Iran's fight against drugs are not sufficient and the world community should provide Iran with growing aid and assistance," Gojlo told FNA on Wednesday.
He further appreciated Iran for its efforts in combating drugs and drug-trafficking, and said, "Iran has performed very well in the war on drugs."
Earlier, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov had also called on all the world countries to increase their assistance and cooperation with Iran's campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking.
"World countries should cooperate in the campaign against drugs in a bid to help Iran win success," Fedotov said after visiting Iran's Eastern borders earlier this month.
He hailed Iran's positive measures in the fight against narcotics, and said, "Iran's activities in this regard cannot be ignored and I pay tribute to the martyrs killed and those disabled in the combat against drugs."
According to the UNODC, these days, 93 percent of the world's opium is produced in Iran's neighboring country Afghanistan, 60% of which is destined for the EU and specially the US markets, and the main transit route is Iran, where the country's dedicated police squad risk their lives to make the most discoveries of drug cargoes, disband drug-trafficking gangs and organizations and much more in a bid to rescue not only the Iranian youth but also all those living in Europe and the US.
Iran has always complained about the EU and other international bodies' lack of serious cooperation with Iran in the campaign against drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
Iran spends billions of dollars and has lost thousands of its police troops in the war against traffickers. Owing to its rigid efforts, Iran makes over 80 percent of the world's total opium seizures and has turned into the leading country in drug campaign.
According to official estimates, Iran's battle against drugs cost the country around $1 billion annually. Strategies pursued by Tehran include digging canals, building barriers and erecting barbed wire entanglements to seal the country's borders, specially in the East.
"International aids to Iran's fight against drugs are not sufficient and the world community should provide Iran with growing aid and assistance," Gojlo told FNA on Wednesday.
He further appreciated Iran for its efforts in combating drugs and drug-trafficking, and said, "Iran has performed very well in the war on drugs."
Earlier, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov had also called on all the world countries to increase their assistance and cooperation with Iran's campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking.
"World countries should cooperate in the campaign against drugs in a bid to help Iran win success," Fedotov said after visiting Iran's Eastern borders earlier this month.
He hailed Iran's positive measures in the fight against narcotics, and said, "Iran's activities in this regard cannot be ignored and I pay tribute to the martyrs killed and those disabled in the combat against drugs."
According to the UNODC, these days, 93 percent of the world's opium is produced in Iran's neighboring country Afghanistan, 60% of which is destined for the EU and specially the US markets, and the main transit route is Iran, where the country's dedicated police squad risk their lives to make the most discoveries of drug cargoes, disband drug-trafficking gangs and organizations and much more in a bid to rescue not only the Iranian youth but also all those living in Europe and the US.
Iran has always complained about the EU and other international bodies' lack of serious cooperation with Iran in the campaign against drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
Iran spends billions of dollars and has lost thousands of its police troops in the war against traffickers. Owing to its rigid efforts, Iran makes over 80 percent of the world's total opium seizures and has turned into the leading country in drug campaign.
According to official estimates, Iran's battle against drugs cost the country around $1 billion annually. Strategies pursued by Tehran include digging canals, building barriers and erecting barbed wire entanglements to seal the country's borders, specially in the East.
