The Greater Mekong sub-regional countries, including Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, have gathered to discuss and reaffirm their stand for the fight against illicit drugs.
The gathering took place in a meeting of ‘Senior Police Officers on Counter Narcotics’ in Bokeo province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on June 25 under the presidency of Lao Deputy Minister of Public Security H.E. Khamkinh Phuilamanivong.
On behalf of Cambodia, Lt. Gen. Nak Yuthea, Deputy Secretary General of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), spoke highly of the good collaboration of the Greater Mekong sub-regional countries on the fight against drugs.
The Royal Government of Cambodia is working hard to eliminate drugs with new measures, including an online app called ‘No Drug,” awareness building, and campaigns.
H.E. Khamkinh Phuilamanivong underlined that drugs do not only harm people’s health and threaten lives, but also handicap culture, political stability, and development.
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d on the other five countries to further promote cooperation in information exchanges and build the capacity of their competent officials to jointly work to prevent and eliminate drugs so as to ensure safety and security in the region.
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse