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The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan...
growth of heroin production in the country, trafficked to the West through the ex-Soviet Central Asian states and Russia. The Kremlin has described the growth of heroin use in Russia as a national security threat.Russia has vowed to assist U.S. President Barack Obama in tackling the Afghanistan problem and has allowed the transit of NATO military goods through its territory. But Moscow insists that military efforts cannot stabilize Afghanistan.
"Only political measures can solve conflicts," Bordyuzha said.
Bordyuzha said the lack of cooperation between the CSTO and NATO has hampered efforts to reduce regional threats arising from Afghanistan"s instability.
"We have repeatedly offered to set up cooperation on drug trafficking and anti-terrorism issues in Afghanistan," Bordyuzha said. "We hope that after the recent change of leadership in the alliance, Brussels will take a fresh look at CSTO-NATO relations."
DUSHANBE, February 4 (RIA Novosti)
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