OREANDA-NEWS. June 09, 2010. Addressing the international forum Drug Production in Afghanistan: A Challenge to the International Community, which opened today in Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev said that he has approved the Russia’s National Drug Control Strategy to 2020.

The international forum brings together the heads of drug control and law enforcement agencies from various countries, prominent Russian and foreign experts, and representatives of international organisations, including the UN, CSTO, NATO, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The forum’s main focus is stepping up efforts to combat drug trafficking coming from Afghanistan.