Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani who is currently in Moscow attending the conference dedicated to counteraction to illegal arms supplies in light of the fight against international terrorism, met with UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov, Mehr news agency reported.
The event is being held in Moscow’s World Trade Center where representatives of 21 countries and heads of counterterrorism units of 11 international organizations have confirmed their participation. Dehghani and Fedotov met on the sidelines of the conference on Monday.
During the meeting, Fedotov called for expansion of ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran in the area of countering the smuggling of narcotics and drug trafficking in the region. He also called for strengthening the UNODC office in Tehran.
The two sides also discussed bilateral cooperation in areas of countering narcotics smuggling and exchanged views on terrorist activities.
