Medvedev signs law on Central Asian anti-drug centre

MOSCOW. March 9. KAZINFORM Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a federal law ratifying an agreement between Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan on a Central Asian regional information and coordination anti-drug centre, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday.

The law was passed by the State Duma, or lower house of the Russian parliament, on February 22, 2011 and approved by the Federation Council, or upper house, on March 2, 2011, ITAR-TASS reports.

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