Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq agree to combat drug trafficking
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The interior ministers of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq agreed on Saturday to set up a joint telecommunications cell to exchange information regarding the process of combating drug trafficking.
The interior ministers acknowledge that their societies suffer from a big problem which is drugs, Jordan’s Minister of Interior Affairs Mazen al-Faraya told reporters.
Al-Faraya’s remarks came after holding talks with his Syrian, Lebanese and Iraqi counterparts in Amman to discuss ways of combatting the illegal drug trade in the region.
“We agreed today that if there is no joint cooperation by the countries taking part in the meeting, there will be no results like the ones we are looking for,” al-Faraya added.
He said that the ministers agreed to continue meetings at the ministerial and technical level.
The main aim of setting up the joint telecommunication cell is for officers from the four countries to exchange experience and “most importantly to trace drug shipments coming out of the countries all the way to their (shipments) final destinations,” according to al-Faraya.
In January, Jordan emphasized that drug and weapon smuggling across the Syrian borders into Jordan is a dangerous threat to its national security, and that it would continue to combat this problem and anyone behind it.