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| Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau, India, Ajay Chadha and Director General, Department of Narcotics Control, Bangladesh, Mr. Mohammad Iqbal signing the MoU |
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh on have agreed to enhance
mutual cooperation through effective sustained steps to control drug
trafficking.
This was decided at the third Director
General level talks between Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) India and Department
of Narcotics Control (DNC) Bangladesh held in New Delhi on Thursday.
Both
sides agreed to continue sharing of actionable intelligence and adopt a
coordinated strategy to prevent cross border drug trafficking. It was also
decided that the best practices in curbing drug trafficking and demand
reduction will be shared bilaterally.
Both sides expressed their commitment
towards their obligations under the different international and bilateral
agreements, protocols, conventions, declarations and resolutions in letter and
spirit.
It was also agreed to enhance cooperation in capacity building by organising
training programmes as well as sending resource persons in combating drug
trafficking.
Both sides shared the concern of the growing menace of Narcotic Drugs. The
existing cooperation and information sharing between NCB and DNC was noted with
satisfaction.
India and Bangladesh also expressed concern over growing menace
of synthetic drugs/pharmaceuticals preparations containing narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals which are susceptible to misuse
and are the fastest growing drugs of abuse today.
Both sides agreed that the Directorate General level talks between NCB, India
and DNC, Bangladesh should be held annually and the next meeting would be held
in Dhaka sometimes in June next year.
The Indian delegation was led by Ajay Chadha, Director General, NCB, while the
Bangladesh Delegation was lead by Mr. Mohammad Iqbal, Director General, DNC,
Bangladesh.