Iran's interior minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar is visiting Moscow next week to discuss a joint operation to chase drug smugglers along the Afghanistan-Iran-Europe-Russia route, Iranian news agency Press TV has recently reported.
The Iranian Embassy in Moscow's military liaison for fighting drugs, Mousa Ali-Mohammadi, said on Wednesday that the visit is an official response to a recent visit by the Director of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service, Victor Ivanov.
"During his two-day stay in Moscow, next Monday and Tuesday, the interior minister will also discuss scientific and practical ways to promote Iranian-Russian cooperation on preventing and fighting drug trafficking with other Russian officials," he added.
