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Çuçi meets Lebanese Major General: Repatriation operations from Syria’s camps to continue

Atila Kota — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:31:17 +0000

TIRANA, Oct.7 /ATA/ The Albania’s Minister of Interior, Bledi Çuçi received today in a meeting the General Director of Lebanon’s General Security Agency, Major General Abbas Ibrahim and the Consul General of Albania in Lebanon Marc Ghorayeb, the two key figures in the repatriation operations of Albanians from ISIS camps in Syria.

In his remarks, Minister Çuçi said that, the operations will continue, without revealing more details from the meeting in Tirana.

“It has been a special honor to meet again Major General Abbas Ibrahim, at the same time the General Director of Lebanon’s General Security Agency and the Consul General of Albania in Lebanon, Marc Ghorayeb. They are paying a two-day visit to Tirana. I expressed my grateful thanks for the extraordinary contribution they have made to the repatriation of Albanians from Syria’s hell camps. Our gratitude to them will remain eternal.Along with the General and the Consul, as well as our structures of the State Police, we are continuing the work on repatriation of Albanian citizens from Syria. These are difficult operations that take time, but we already have a good experience and the right determination to get things done,” Minister Çuçi said. //a.i/

Çuçi meets new leaders of State Police: Fight against crime and cannabis, to guarantee smooth running of tourist season

Atila Kota — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:54:21 +0000

TIRANA, July 7/ATA/ The Minister of Interior, Bledi Çuçi held on Wednesday a meeting with the new leaders of the State Police, at central and local level.

During the meeting the Interior Minister Çuçi urged the new leaders of the blue uniforms to justify the trust by increasing the parameters of order, to increase public safety and fight illegal activities.

In his remarks, Minister Çuçi focused on the need to increase public trust in the State Police to other levels. Çuçi said that, State Police continues to be at the top of the list of the most reliable institutions, but in order not to allow oscillations in perception, we must work hard by responding and reacting in time to any denunciation of citizens. The increase of citizens’ trust in the police is translated into more denunciations and phone calls to 112, which increases the crackdown on illegal activities.

The Minister Çuçi stressed the importance of the results in the fight against cannabis and good management of measures, to guarantee a smooth running of tourist season. //a.i/

Albania-Turkey/ Cooperation in control and protection of territory through intelligent equipment

Atila Kota — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:28:16 +0000

TIRANA, June 9/ATA/ The Minister of Interior, Bledi Çuçi visited today in Turkey the “Bykar Defense”company, specialized in the high-tech drones manufacturing.

Together with the General Director of the State Police, Ardi Veliu, the Minister Çuçi got acquainted with the operation of these intelligent devices, to see the possibility of using them in Albania for civil and urban purposes of control and protection of the territory.

“During the visit to the “Bykar Defense” company in Turkey, specialized in the high-tech drones manufacturing, we evaluated the possibility of using these devices in Albania for civil and urban purposes of control and protection of the territory. The use of these drones in Albania will qualitatively increase the effectiveness of the work of the State Police and other police structures in terms of territorial control, in order to prevent illegal phenomena wherever they are encountered,” Minister Çuçi said.

“Albania and Turkey have worked together in close cooperation based on historical factors and in areas of common interest such as security, illegal migration and the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking,” he added. //a.i/