TIRANA, June 12 /ATA/-General Director of Customs Arlind Gjokuta attended the 4th High-level informal regional meeting of general directors of Customs Administrations of the Western Balkans Six in Pristina.
Attending the meeting was Kosovo Minister of Finances Bedri Hamza, British ambassador to Kosovo Ruairi O’Connell, general directors of Customs of Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Gjokuta highlighted in the speech he delivered on this occasion the importance of cooperation and exchange of information in real time among the regional customs structures as a strong pillar not only for preservation of security, but even for promotion of a clean and fair trade.
“The cooperation will make us stronger in our common fight against phenomena of concern in our region like terrorism, money laundering, fight against trafficking of banned goods, smuggling and illegal trade”, said Gjokuta.
Pristina meeting is the fourth among directors of Customs administrations of the six Western Balkan countries. The first meetings are organized before in Skopje, Tirana and Podgorica./j.p/p.s./
