TIRANA, Dec 20 /ATA/ Turkish Police donate to Albanian Police servers and data storage devices to Albanian State Police.
General Director of the Turkish Police, Mehmet Aktaş, together with the delegation that accompanied him, paid a working visit to the State Police.
Aktaş was received in a “one-on-one” meeting by the Director General of the Albanian Police, Muhamet Rrumbullaku, and then both delegations held a working meeting which focused on strengthening cooperation and building new bridges in areas of common interest.
The two general directors appreciated the relations between the two police forces, which consist in the exchange of information about groups and persons with criminal records in the field of organized crime, as well as joint operations for the apprehension of wanted persons.
The Director General of the State Police acquainted the director of the Turkish Police with the priorities, philosophy and determination to conduct structural, legal and educational reforms in State Police, with the aim of setting a new standard in relation to the citizens.
General Director of State Police, Rrumbullaku said that “this assistance comes as part of intensive cooperation with the Turkish Police, cooperation which exceeds the protocol level and takes on the dimensions of a true friendship and fraternal assistance as part of our common goals. The bridge of cooperation between our police is characterized by readiness and timely response to any common challenge. This fact encourages us to further deepen cooperation on concrete issues such as the fight against organized crime, terrorism, as well as to increase the training capacities of the police of both countries.
For his part, General Director of the Turkish Police, Aktaş said that “I feel very proud and very happy to be in Albania, in a friendly country for Turkey. Turkey and Albania have very deep friendly ties, and that is why we are here today. According to the directives of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Turkey, as soon as we learned about the cyberattacks, we sent the technical work team and today we are here to deliver some equipment that will help you.”
Director of Turkish Police handed over to his Albanian counterpart the donation that includes servers and equipment for the integration and data storage of some of the State Police systems, which were damaged due to the cyberattack.
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