Press Release: Fight against illicit drugs: EU signs new agreement with Russia

On 4 June 2013 the EU and Russia completed signature of a new cooperation agreement on the control of drug precursors, at the EU-Russia Summit in Yekaterinburg.

The agreement was signed earlier on behalf of the EU by the Irish Presidency of the Council in Brussels and at the Summit by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Catherine Ashton, while Director of the Federal Narcotics Service Viktor Ivanov signed for the Russian Federation.

The agreement will strengthen co-operation between the EU and Russia in preventing drug precursors from being trafficked for the manufacture of illegal drugs. It will enable competent authorities to exchange more practical, technical and scientific information on these chemicals, and to ensure that they are only used for legitimate purposes.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: EU-Russia Summit (Yekaterinburg, 3-4 June 2013) http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-russia-summit-yekaterinburg-3-4-june-2013/

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