Myanmar and Thailand have agree to enhance their cooperation in drug control via a one-year programme designed for drug control and addressing transnational crimes.
Under a bilateral cooperation agreement signed recently between drug control agencies of the two countries, Thailand also agreed to provide Myanmar with nearly 600,000 USD in aid to reduce the use of narcotics.
Myanmar and Thailand have been discussing a six-year plan on collaborating in drug control and elimination of poppy planting since 2012. The plan would have an investment of 350 million THB (10.7 million USD).
Myanmar conducted a 15-year programme on abolishing poppy cultivation from 1999 to 2014. According to a report of the UN Office on Drug and Crime, Myanmar reduced poppy cultivation area from 57,800 hectares in 2013 to 57,600 hectares in 2014, while opium production was cut by 25 percent from 870 tonnes in 2013 to 670 tonnes that same year.-VNA
Under a bilateral cooperation agreement signed recently between drug control agencies of the two countries, Thailand also agreed to provide Myanmar with nearly 600,000 USD in aid to reduce the use of narcotics.
Myanmar and Thailand have been discussing a six-year plan on collaborating in drug control and elimination of poppy planting since 2012. The plan would have an investment of 350 million THB (10.7 million USD).
Myanmar conducted a 15-year programme on abolishing poppy cultivation from 1999 to 2014. According to a report of the UN Office on Drug and Crime, Myanmar reduced poppy cultivation area from 57,800 hectares in 2013 to 57,600 hectares in 2014, while opium production was cut by 25 percent from 870 tonnes in 2013 to 670 tonnes that same year.-VNA
