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Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan accuses UN

11 March 2010 14:21 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. â€œThough the UN knows that Azerbaijanâ€™s Nagorno Karabakh territory occupied by Armenia is the main transit area for narcotic drugs, it does not want to take into account Afghanistan-Iran-Nagorno Karabakh narcotrafficking route,â€ chairman of the State Commission to Combat Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Turnover, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov said, APA reports.

Ali Hasanov said the UN recognized three routes of narcotrafficking in the world â€“ Afghanistan-Azerbaijan, Afghanistan-Central Asia-Azerbaijan and Afghanistan-Iran-Azerbaijan. Nagorno Karabakh, which is under the control of Armenians, has become the biggest transit area for narcotrafficking in the world.

Deputy Prime Minister said Nagorno Karabakh is one of the main places where narcotics are grown and terrorist groups prepared. He said though the international organizations are aware of the real facts about the crimes that are committed there, these organizations ignore it.

â€œBecause of their interests these organizations have not made attempts to prevent sale of drugs and terrorism. International organizations know very well that sale of narcotics and terrorism have increased in Nagorno Karabakh, but they deliberately do not want to deal with this issue. These organizations can combat illicit drug turnover in a number of countries, includes transit routes into their reports every year, but do not take a step when it comes to the situation in Nagorno Karabakh. This shows that this problem serves the interests of mafia groups in the international organizations,â€ Hasanov said.

Chairman of the commission said the UN attempted to investigate the situation in Nagorno Karabakh several times, but the issue remained outside attention as a result of the acts of Armenians.