MOI praises the cooperation with neighboring countries in combating drugs and terrorism

INA - BAGHDAD

Minister of Interior Abdul Amir Al-Shammari praised the cooperation with neighboring countries in combating terrorism and drugs in addition to exchanging information.

Al-Shammari received the Secretary-General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, Muhammed bin Ali Koman, at the ministry’s headquarters, as the two sides discussed several matters related to the security aspect in the Arab countries, according to a statemeny by the ministry received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

Al-Shammari praised “the security cooperation with the Gulf and neighboring countries in combating terrorism and drugs in addition to exchanging information."

"The Ministry is working to dry up the sources of the drug scourge and follow up on its promoters and traffickers, in addition to treating and rehabilitating drug victims through the forced asylums that the Ministry opened in most governorates," included in the statement.

In turn, the Secretary-General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers stressed that “most crimes in the Arab world are mainly caused by drugs, and the strategy of action in the field of combating this scourge must be changed and developed, especially after it has become a national demand for most Arab peoples.”