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Counternarcotics

Date: 03/04/2010 Description: An Afghan policeman sorts out narcotics seized in a raid in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 4, 2010. © AP Image
Date: 02/2010 Description: Director Kerlikowske and Director Ivanov at the release of the joint statement on the Counter Narcotics Working group in February 2010. Taken by the © U.S. Embassy Moscow photo
Date: 07/16/2009 Description: In this July 16, 2009 file photo, police officers from the district of Argu, swing away with long sticks to eradicate a patch of illegally grown poppies in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. © AP Image

The Counternarcotics Working Group has identified the following areas of cooperation: Drug Treatment and Prevention, Supply Reduction and Financial Intelligence.

Working Group Chairpersons:

Date: 09/2009 Description: Director Kerlikowske and Director Ivanov following the first meeting of the Counter Narcotics Working Group in Washington DC in September of 2009. © Office of National Drug Control Policy photo
Director Ivanov and Director Kerlikowske
U.S. Chairperson: U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske

Russia Chairperson: Russian Federal Drug Enforcement Service Director Viktor Ivanov

Working Group Coordinators:

U.S. Coordinator: David Siegrist, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Russia Coordinator: Oleg Vasilyev, Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Narcotics Traffic Control

Working Group Web Links:

U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy

Documents:

-11/17/11 Joint Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Counternarcotics Working Group
-11/16/11   Protocol of the Meeting of the Working Group on Countering Illicit Narcotics Trafficking of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission  [Russian Version]   


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