The meeting is being felicitated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The outcome of the meeting between Afghanistan’s Minister of Counter Narcotics of Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani, the Secretary-General of the Drug Control Headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Pakistan’s Minister for Narcotics Control Arbab Muhammad Zahir, and the Executive Director of UNODC Yury Fedotov, will be presented to the press following the conclusion of their discussions.

In 2007, UNODC launched the to strengthen cooperation in law enforcement between the three countries most seriously affected by illicit opiates trafficked from Afghanistan, where more than 90 per cent of the world's opium and heroin originates.

The initiative has helped to forge an unprecedented level of cooperation between the three countries on vital issues such as border security and regional cooperation to deal with drug trafficking.