DUSHANBE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group was held Wednesday to discuss issues related to the fight of drug trafficking.
According to the press service of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA), the meeting was attended by ambassadors of Afghanistan, Germany, Britain, the United States and Uzbekistan, as well as the representatives from diplomatic missions accredited in Tajikistan, such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation on Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The meeting discussed measures taken in combating drug-trafficking by Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and cooperation of the two governments with members of the Mini-Dublin Group.
Established in 1990, the Dublin Group is a flexible, informal consultation and coordination body concerned with the global, regional and country-specific problems of illicit drugs production, trafficking and demand.
It is comprised of European Union member states, Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, the United States as well as organizations such as the European Commission and UNODC.
The mini-Dublin Groups (one per host country) consist of representatives from the missions and embassies of Dublin Group members in each host country.
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