DUSHANBE, September 8, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran have plans to increase cooperation in the field of fighting drug trafficking.

According to Iranian media sources, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli is expected to meet his Tajik counterpart as well as senior officials of the Drug Control Agency (DCA) of Tajikistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of fight against drug trafficking.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit Tajikistan to attend the SCO summit which will take place in Dushanbe on September 12 and 13.