On September 20, 2022, in Lisbon (Portugal), a meeting of the CARICC delegation headed by the Director Major General of Militia R.Miralizoda with the delegation of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) headed by the Director A.Goosdeel took place.

The meeting was organized in accordance with the Plan of Main Events of CARICC for the 2nd half of 2022 in order to discuss priority areas of cooperation between the two centers.

The CARICC Director informed the EMCDDA delegation about the Center's current activities and proposed initiatives.

In order to intensify practical interaction with the specified European analytical center, the head of CARICC proposed:

• to establish direct contacts between CARICC and EMCDDA for the exchange of information and experience;
• - carry out a regular exchange of information on combating the spread of synthetic drugs in the countries of Central Asia and the European Union.

In turn, the EMCDDA experts informed about the trends in the development of the drug situation in the countries of the European Union, including against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-COVID period. The European side provided information on the spread of synthetic drugs in the Eurozone states, and expressed interest in monitoring the drug situation in Afghanistan.