Moscow: Indian anti-narcotics officials may be trained by specialists of Russia`s federal drug control service FSKN, according to a media report here on Saturday.
"We are prepared to consider various options," FSKN Chief Viktor Ivanov was quoted as saying by Russian news agency Itar-Tass.
The training arrangements can either be done in India or in Russia, the FSKN chief said after a meeting with Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde here yesterday.
"It is important to establish coordination and day-to-day interaction with Russia in fighting with drug trafficking and possibilities for instruction," Shinde said during the meeting.
India was interested in wider cooperation with Russia on a wide range of issues including control of transit of drugs from Afghanistan, methods of controlling narcotic drugs` circulation in India and to improve intelligence gathering, he said.
Shinde is on a three-day visit to Russia.
India has two anti-narcotics agencies at the central level namely the Narcotics Control Bureau and Central Bureau of Narcotics, besides special units in various state police departments to tackle the illegal drugs menace.
PTI
