
Today, within the framework of the 65th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Kazakhstan and France organized a side-event on “Expanding international and regional support to Central Asian countries in addressing the destabilizing influence of the drug trafficking problem."
The Ambassadors of both countries, as well as the Regional Representative of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Central Asia, gave opening remarks. Co-sponsors of the side-event - the EU, Europol, Interpol, CARICC and the Paris Pact Initiative actively took part in the discussion.