Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon form combating drugs cell – Iraqi official
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Iraq’s Interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari announced on Saturday the formation of a joint liaison cell with Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon to save time and follow up on international drug trafficking gangs.
This came during the sixth edition of the Baghdad International Dialogue Conference, the Iraqi News Agency-INA reported.
On Feb. 17, the interior ministers of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq held talks in Amman and agreed to set up a joint telecommunications cell to exchange information regarding the process of combating drug trafficking.
“A meeting was held in Jordan with the participation of Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to discuss countering drug smuggling, as We came up with a series of recommendations, the most important of which was the formation of a joint liaison cell to reduce time and follow up international drug trafficking gangs,” he said.
“There is considerable cooperation as good results have been achieved resulting in the arrest of traders from neighboring countries with the seizure of large quantities of narcotic substances, and control has been activated, ” Al-Shammari added.
He emphasized that Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani directed to make Iraq the focal point for the security initiative against drug trafficking.