Five Asian Nations Pledge Cooperative Fight Against Drugs

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Five Asian Nations Pledge Cooperative Fight Against Drugs

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The five nations will send their ministers responsible for the anti-drug issues to attend a meeting to be held next month in Thailand to discuss specific cooperative measures which were aimed at making the region free of drug, Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat Sathirathai said at a news briefing.

The five ministers reviewed the region's drug problem on a sideline meeting of the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue which is being held between Saturday and Sunday in northern Thailand province Chiang Mai, some 600 kilometers north of Bangkok.

The ministers agreed that the whole region now was faced with severe challenge posed by the large-scale production of amphetamine pill while the production of heroin was gradually going down with the crop replacement project initiated by Thailandand China.

The ministers also called for efforts to create a favorable context to solve the drug problems, which were closely related to terrorism, human trafficking and money laundry etc.

The five-country cooperation would be an effective and important part of the international anti-drug efforts including related projects of the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, said Surakiat.

He noted that police have arrested many drug dealers and seizeda great number of amphetamine pills in India and Myanmar through the information exchange system between the five countries.

He also revealed that Myanmar and Laos planned to eradicate poppy plantation in the year of 2004 and 2005 respectively.

The Chinese government is ready to contribute to the anti-drug cooperation between the five nations so as to fight against poppy plantation and drug trafficking in the border region, said ChineseForeign Minister Li Zhaoxing.

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