TIRANA, July 25/ATA / – A joint operation “Drino 2018” was conducted for ten days on the green border covering Kakavija Border Police Station, a cross border police cooperation between Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, as well as representatives of international organizations such as DCAF Ljubljana, OSCE, IOM, FRONTEX, CEPOL, Raciac Center, IISG, Marri and UNODC.
Deputy General Director of State Police, at the same time Director of Border and Migration Department, Aida Hajnaj, Head of BSP Anton Travner and project manager, German Agency for International Cooperation, Cristopher Will held Wednesday a press conference in the light of the joint operation “Drino 2018”.
During a special meeting held in early July in Tirana, the participants discussed on illegal migration in the region in an effort to find a common approach to face the situation and to draft a common plan of rapid reaction in case of a massive migratory influx.
Hajnaj and Travner assessed the operation as highly successful, surpassing expectations.
The joint opration “ Drino 2018” aimed at exchanging experiences, strengthening cooperation as well as increasing mutual trust.
The representatives also emphasized that,” there is no divide between the police in the region, but there is only one purpose, to prevent and fight lawlessness.”
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