Bilateral pact between India & Russia on combating drug trafficking
The Union Cabinet yesterday gave its ex-post-facto approval for the Bilateral Agreement signed on 12th November 2007 at Moscow between India and Russian Federation on cooperation to combat illicit trafficking in narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors.
The Agreement will help in mutual cooperation in the regulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific use and in combating drug trafficking.
Such bilateral agreements have already been executed with various countries such as the USA , Afghanistan , Mauritius , Russian Federation , Myanmar , Zambia , UAE , Egypt , China , Iran , Bulgaria , Romania , Italy , Tajikistan , Turkey , Lao PDR, Israel , Bangladesh and Kuwait .