Russia and Tajikistan have agreed to intensify the efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and trans-border crime, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported.
"I would like to stress the coincidence of our approaches to the situation in Afghanistan, as well as taking into account the upcoming withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan in 2014," Putin said following the talks with Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon. "We agreed to intensify the efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and trans-border crime."