Tajikistan and China conduct joint operations to combat drug trafficking

Almaty. October. 29. Silkroadnews - On October 27 Tajikistan and China began joint operations to combat transnational drug crime, which will last until November 21, reported the Tajik news agency.
"The headquarters of the operation was created in the Public Security Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, which borders with Tajikistan", - says the publication.
According to information in the framework of this operation will be checked airports and ground points. Tajikistan and China will exchange information, develop coordination mechanisms in the fight against drug trafficking.
Joint Tajik-Chinese operation takes place in Xinjiang. According to Chinese authorities in Xinjiang socio-political situation destabilizes group of Islamic extremists.
Chinese Xinjiang borders the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan, in Xinjiang County Tashkurgan live about 70 thousand tajiks.