Pubdate: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 Source: ITAR-TASS (Russia) Copyright: 1999 ITAR-TASS. GERMANY DONATES EQUIPMENT TO TAJIK COMMISSION ON DRUGS. DUSHANBE, January 17 (Itar-Tass) - Several thousand dollars worth of computers and other equipment were donated by the German federal criminal police to the Tajik commission on narcotic drugs. The donation was passed over to Tajikistan by ambassador Mathias Meyer on Saturday. The ambassador hopes that the equipment will help Tajik police officers to expose more drug peddlers. Other countries are ready to help the Tajik services on narcotic drugs as well. That was said by Director of the Central Asian Office of the U.N. Program on International Drug Control Bogdan Lisovic during his visit to Tajikistan. In his words, 1.5 million dollars were allocated to the Tajik commission on narcotic drugs last year to strengthen its material and technical base. This year, donors will give 8 million dollars to the United Nations to reinforce the Tajik-Afghan border and create the so-called safety belt. - --- MAP posted-by: Patrick Henry