GERMANY DONATES EQUIPMENT TO TAJIK COMMISSION ON DRUGS.

DUSHANBE, January 17 (Itar-Tass) - Several thousand dollars worth of
computers and other equipment were donated by the German federal
criminal police to the Tajik commission on narcotic drugs. The
donation was passed over to Tajikistan by ambassador Mathias Meyer on
Saturday.

The ambassador hopes that the equipment will help Tajik police
officers to expose more drug peddlers.

Other countries are ready to help the Tajik services on narcotic drugs
as well. That was said by Director of the Central Asian Office of the
U.N. Program on International Drug Control Bogdan Lisovic during his
visit to Tajikistan. In his words, 1.5 million dollars were allocated
to the Tajik commission on narcotic drugs last year to strengthen its
material and technical base. This year, donors will give 8 million
dollars to the United Nations to reinforce the Tajik-Afghan border and
create the so-called safety belt.