DUSHANBE. May 27 (Interfax) - NATO has refused to cooperate with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in fighting Afghan drug trafficking despite CSTO proposals, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha told reporters on Tuesday.
"Ahead of holding a special operation we addressed representatives of NATO forces with the proposal to cooperate with us but we were refused," Bordyuzha said. The CSTO secretary general has arrived in Tajikistan for the final stage of the Channel-Southern Trap special operation.
"Ambition did not allow NATO representatives to participate in joint fights against drug trafficking, while now namely citizens of Western countries suffer from drugs the most because the majority goes namely to these states," Bordyuzha said.
The 'Channel' operations are held in CSTO states and involve all law enforcement authorities of participating countries - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
The Tajik border troops are ready to guard the 1,344-km border with Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan is completed in late 2014, Bordyuzha said.
"The Tajik border services are well staffed and a lot has been done to enhance the border - new frontier posts have been established," he said.
"CSTO participating states provide Tajikistan with assistance on what is not produced in the country - arms and equipment. Our mobile forces will help Tajik border guards any time in case of a possible threat," Bordyuzha said.