"This is an undeclared war against our country," Rogozin emphasized. "We are obviously very dissatisfied with the lack of attention from NATO and the United States to our complaints about this problem."
See also
Statement by Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the situation concerning the NATO countries’ missile defence system in EuropeOf course we will continue the dialogue with the USA ... 
Russia-NATO Joint Missile Defence: Implementing the Decision (East-West Institute Roundtable synopsis)Ambassador Rogozin admitted that the NATO-Russia negotiations ... 
Dmitry Rogozin's media briefing on the outcome of the NATO-Russia Council Ambassadorial in Brussels, 29.03.2011The Russian Federation noted the motivation of the ... 
"Any negative decision would mean a giant step back for us," Rogozin saidRussia should either become part of the European missile ... Russia slams NATO on Afghan drugs
May 23, 2010
Russian officials have again censured NATO`s failure to stamp out Afghanistan's huge opium trade, voicing Moscow's frustration over the alliance's negligence. Citing lack of cohesion within NATO against the backdrop of dwindling support for combating drug trafficking in Afghanistan, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Russia "is losing 30,000 lives a year to the Afghan drug trade, and a million people are addicts," AP reported.
"This is an undeclared war against our country," he emphasized. "We are obviously very dissatisfied with the lack of attention from NATO and the United States to our complaints about this problem."
In an apparent rebuke over US policy in fighting narcotics trade in Afghanistan as compared to Washington's approach towards the similar issue in South America, Rogozin also said that the US was waging a drug war in Colombia because that was the primary source of cocaine that goes to America, yet it has failed to give due attention to the scourge of trafficking in Afghanistan.
"But in the case of the heroin which goes to Russia, they are doing practically nothing," he insisted, complaining that it was not the proper way to treat "your friends and partners."
Meanwhile, Viktor Ivanov, director of Russia's Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics said his country has handed over several data on Afghan and Central Asian drug dealers to US drug enforcement chief Gil Kerlikowski at their fourth meeting in less than a year, Reuters reported.
Moscow is prepared to take legal action against the suspected drug barons, he said.
Ivanov added that Russia accounted for a fifth of the world's market of opiates, estimated at a total of $65 billion. PressTV Êîììåíòàðèè |
Important Issues
DocumentsFebruary 23, 2011
About the Special Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation for the Interaction with NATO in Missile Defence, 18 Feb 2011 February 21, 2011
Instruction about the Inter-Agency Working Group under the Administration of the President of Russia for the Interaction with NATO in Missile Defence, 18 Feb 2011 November 23, 2010
NATO-Russia Council Joint Statement (Lisbon, November 20, 2010) August 18, 2008
Statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 5, 2008
Dmitry Medvedev's Speech at Meeting with German Political, Parliamentary and Civic Leaders April 4, 2008
Chairman’s statement: Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the level of Heads of State and Government held in Bucharest |
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