South Africa and Russia have agreed to intensify the war against illicit drug trafficking and strengthen anti-drug cooperation between the two countries.
An anti-drug protocol between the two countries has been signed by the National Head of South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI)‚ Lieutenant-General Mthandazo Ntlemeza‚ and his Russian counterpart‚ Viktor Ivanov.
“In a meeting that was held Moscow‚ Russia last week‚ the two countries have agreed on the importance of having a comprehensive multi-disciplinary balanced approach to the world drug problem solution including the supply and demand reduction‚” said South African Police Service spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi.
Lt Gen Ntlemeza said the DPCI and the Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation had noted that the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs‚ psychotropic substances and their precursors and the non-medical use of drugs posed a threat to peace and security‚ stability‚ sustainable economic‚ political and social development of their countries‚ the health and welfare of the people as well as the implementation of fundamental rights and freedoms.
Among other things the two countries had agreed to consistently oppose attempts to undermine the existing international system of countering the drug threat‚ as well as developing and expanding anti-drug cooperation between Russia and SA‚ including by improving the mechanisms for practical cooperation of operational units of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service and the South African Ministry of Police.
“Drug fighting is one of our priorities as the DPCI and we welcome the agreement we entered into with the Russian government. We have agreed to organise the interaction of training and retraining of the staff of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Police of the Republic of South Africa. This just one initiative we have embarked on as we put more efforts in our fight against the illegal trade of drugs‚” said Lt Gen Ntlemeza.
The second Russian-African Anti-Drug Conference will be held in South Africa in 2016.
SA and Russia join hands in war against drug trafficking
South Africa and Russia have agreed to intensify the war against illicit drug trafficking and strengthen anti-drug cooperation between the two countries.
An anti-drug protocol between the two countries has been signed by the National Head of South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI)‚ Lieutenant-General Mthandazo Ntlemeza‚ and his Russian counterpart‚ Viktor Ivanov.
“In a meeting that was held Moscow‚ Russia last week‚ the two countries have agreed on the importance of having a comprehensive multi-disciplinary balanced approach to the world drug problem solution including the supply and demand reduction‚” said South African Police Service spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi.
Lt Gen Ntlemeza said the DPCI and the Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation had noted that the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs‚ psychotropic substances and their precursors and the non-medical use of drugs posed a threat to peace and security‚ stability‚ sustainable economic‚ political and social development of their countries‚ the health and welfare of the people as well as the implementation of fundamental rights and freedoms.
Among other things the two countries had agreed to consistently oppose attempts to undermine the existing international system of countering the drug threat‚ as well as developing and expanding anti-drug cooperation between Russia and SA‚ including by improving the mechanisms for practical cooperation of operational units of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service and the South African Ministry of Police.
“Drug fighting is one of our priorities as the DPCI and we welcome the agreement we entered into with the Russian government. We have agreed to organise the interaction of training and retraining of the staff of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Police of the Republic of South Africa. This just one initiative we have embarked on as we put more efforts in our fight against the illegal trade of drugs‚” said Lt Gen Ntlemeza.
The second Russian-African Anti-Drug Conference will be held in South Africa in 2016.
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