Director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov

SCO, BRICS and CSTO to discuss the drug threat next summer

Director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov

In June and July 2015, the SCO, BRICS and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will discuss measures to fight the drug threat, said Director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov.

He said a meeting on drugs to be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in June 2015 and will be attended by the heads of the SCO and CSTO member states.

On 8-9 July 2015, Ufa, the Republic of Bashkortostan, will host a forum on the SCO and BRICS member states' interregional economic cooperation. Its agenda includes the consolidation of efforts against drugs, primarily their production in Afghanistan, Viktor Ivanov told journalists.