DUSHANBE , May 17, Asia -Plus - An international conference on countering regional drug trafficking is ending in Dushanbe today.  The penal drew participants from more than 20 countries. 

Today, participants at the conference are supposed to work out proposals on preventing drug threat emanating from Afghanistan .  

 President Rahmonov said on Monday [May 15] that Tajikistan had become initiator of holding of such meetings not for the first time.  He called on all countries to work out single approach to the fight against drug threat in Afghanistan .  “No one country is able to fight this evil alone,” said Rahmonov, “It is the problem not only of Tajikistan , Afghanistan and Central Asia but also of the whole international community.”   The president noted that drug production in Afghanistan has “tripled” since September 2001.  “We have initiated creation of the single concept of fighting drug threat in Afghanistan ,” said Rahmonov, “Seizure of drugs on the border is just only one of methods of the fight against this evil, and we propose to nip this evil in the bud in Afghanistan .”   

Chairman of Tajikistan ’s Committee for Protection of the State Border of Tajikistan Saydamir Zuhurov and George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Director Dr. John P. Rose will give a news conference today on conclusion of the conference.