CARACAS, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's government on Friday rejected a U.S. report that claimed it was lax in fighting drug trafficking.
"Venezuela rejects the continual unilateral practice by the U.S. government of evaluating, grading and issuing resolutions on the policies of sovereign countries in exclusively domestic affairs," the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
Washington's "supposed anti-drug fight" is "in reality a weapon with political aims," and has singled out Venezuela "for having an independent policy in the anti-drug field," the ministry said.
Venezuela withdrew from a bilateral antinarcotics agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2005, saying it has since "more than doubled" its seizure and incineration of illicit drugs.
"The United States does not care about these advances, recognized by the United Nations, which designates Venezuela as a country free of illicit crops," said the government.
"The United States is currently the principal market for the consumption of illicit drugs, that's why traffic and production continue to be lucrative businesses for organized crime," the government added.
Venezuela urged Washington to "correct its inefficient policies, which end up destabilizing a peaceful zone, such as the Americas."
The White House on Wednesday said Venezuela and Bolivia "have failed demonstrably during the past 12 months to adhere to their obligations under international antinarcotics agreements."
The report only lists major drug transit or producing countries, not consuming countries.
