Albanian daily news

Interior Minister Taulant Balla met with his Abu Dhabi counterpart Saif Bin Zayed Al Nayan on Monday.

During the meeting, ministers agreed on further deepening cooperation between the two countries, through the creation of a joint Task Force that will address all common issues, including the fight against crime, as well as assistance to the Albanian police can benefit from. of the Government of Abu Dhabi.

The minister confirmed that there was also discussion about taking cooperation in the field of extraditions and civil emergencies to the next level.

“Relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are at their best, thanks to a direct cooperation report between the President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed and Prime Minister Rama, but also at the level of cooperation between the two ministries.

With Minister Saif Bin Zayed Al Nayan, we had a long but fruitful discussion on some issues that I believe are important in terms of cooperation in the fight against crime and in particular organized crime, cooperation in aid and gaining experience. Finally, the EBA already has the technology they use in traffic management, in the field of identifying wanted persons. And we also stopped at a broad discussion about how to handle difficult situations related to civil emergencies. We have asked the government and the Civil Protection Agency for help to address some of the challenges we face,” the minister said.