US Policy Initiatives and Programs Bilateral Cooperation . United States policy on Georgia envisions a vigorous counternarcotics effort on the part of the law enforcement agencies, supported by international assistance. This effort would include aggressive interdiction activities as well as a domestic program to reduce the supply of and demand for narcotics. There are no existing bilateral or multilateral narcotics agreements. United States assistance efforts have focused on promoting legal reform as a precursor to law enforcement assistance.
Official corruption needs to be reduced for general assistance efforts to be effective.
Training programs for the MVD's anti-narcotics unit are in the planning stages. The Road Ahead . The lack of resources and the press of other priorities make it unlikely that Georgia will increase its counternarcotics efforts in the near future without encouragement from the US and the international community. Georgia's potential as a major transit point for narcotics argues in favor of such encouragement. An HRI Project.