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United States President Donald Trump has named 23 countries as the major drug transit or major illicit drug-producing countries in a ‘Presidential Determination’ submitted to Congress.
According to reportby ANI , China, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan are among the 23 countries.
The US President expressed commitment to defeating the threat posed by the illegal drug trade in the US.
The other countries in the list include The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
President Trump, in the ‘Presidential Determination,’ designated Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, and Venezuela as ‘having failed demonstrably’ during the previous 12 months to both adhere to their obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and to take the measures to improve their counternarcotics efforts.
“A country’s presence on the foregoing list is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s counterdrug efforts or level of cooperation with the United States,” the Presidential Determination read.
