Tehran, December 20, The Iran Project- The�minister of interior says Iran is ready to dispatch physicians to offer necessary�training�for�addiction treatment to�Afghanistan.

Speaking in the joint meeting between Afghanistan�s Minister of Counter Narcotics and Iran�s Ministry of Interior on Sunday, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli noted the cultural and religious similarities of two countries, expressing Iran�s reediness to provide Afghanistan with the necessary medical training�and also to supply the required�medicines in addiction treatment.

Responding to the Afghans official's request for Iran�s cooperation in alternative cultivation projects, he mentioned the failure of past initiatives, stressing the need to further consultation between two countries.

Elsewhere in�this meeting, Salam Azimi, the Minister of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan, appreciated Iran�s commitments to resolve the problem of illicit drug trafficking, stressing that the issue is related to all countries.

Noting Iran�s effective plans in the area of the addicts' treatment and rehabilitation, he highlighted his country's initiatives to control addiction in Afghanistan.