TIRANA, May 21/ATA/ – The Frontex project will be of great help, and also a challenge to the country to benefit in terms of reputation, in the eyes of our European partners, the Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama stated at the today’s launch event of the first operation of Frontex in Western Balkans in Tirana.
In attendance at the ceremony organized in the light of the Frontex launch of the joint operation outside the European Union, deploying 50 officers with 16 patrol cars and one thermo-vision van from 12 EU member states to support Albania in border control and tackling cross-border crime, the Premier Rama said that,” it is certain that cooperation and interaction can make this challenge more and more manageable”.
“The presence of all of you in Tirana, at this important moment for starting the implementation of the Albania-Frontex agreement on border management cooperation , attaches great significance to us,” the Prime Minister Rama said.
“Thanks to you, we will be able to show all our friends and partners in the EU through irrefutable facts and evidence, the expression of our unwavering willingness to be part of Europe, as a reliable partner in terms of this major European challenge, such as dealing with migratory flows and illegal immigration, ” the Premier Rama underlined.
“By deepening cross-border police cooperation; under this agreement, Albania will become a direct contributor, but at the same time will be able to directly beneft of participation in this project ,” the Albania’s Prime Minister Rama said./a.i/
