New York sources reported that India continues to remain on the White House list of countries that are “major” transit points for or producer of illicit drugs. Meanwhile the annual list was released on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump prepared for a global campaign against drugs at the UN later in September and moreover the 21 countries on it include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mexico and Colombia.



Accordingly India has been on the list since 2004 when President George W. Bush first issued it under a 2003 law enacted by Congress and President Barack Obama continued to keep it there. Trump said in his memorandum A country’s presence on the list “is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s counter narcotics efforts or level of cooperation with the US”. He clarified “The reason countries are placed on the list is the combination of geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow drugs to transit or be produced, even if a government has engaged in robust and diligent narcotics control measures”.

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Reports added Nigeria, Brazil, Vietnam and Thailand, which had figured on the original and some subsequent lists are no longer on it. Furthermore Trump is scheduled to preside over a high-level meeting of the Security Council on the drug menace on September 24 and issue a global call to action on the world drug problem, US Permanent Representative Nikki Haley announced last week.


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