site.btaInterior Minister Buchvarova Confers with Serbian Counterpart Stefanovic

Interior Minister Buchvarova Confers with Serbian Counterpart Stefanovic

Sofia, June 24 (BTA) - The common security challenges for Bulgaria and Serbia call for joint actions, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Roumyana Buchvarova here during a meeting with her Serbian counterpart Nebojsa Stefanovic, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

The two ministers have concluded that the established so far good practice and the existing stable contractual and legal basis are starting points for continuing the development of cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.

Buchvarova has confirmed Bulgaria's support for Serbia's European integration and welcomed the progress it has made, voicing readiness for Bulgaria to share its experience.

She has outlined the main tasks on which her Ministry is working, with one of the most important ones being countering the increased migration pressure. Buchvarova stressed the need to enhance cooperation in protecting the Bulgarian-Serbian border and countering illegal migration.

Buchvarova and Stefanovic voiced their joint position and readiness expand and deepen cooperation and establish direct contacts between the two ministries' structures, responsible for fighting organized crime. The two have outlined specific areas for working interaction - countering drug trafficking and distribution, human trafficking, countering cybercrime and cultural heritage trafficking, counterterrorism, investigating money laundering, countering customs crimes, as well as crimes against the monetary, tax and social security systems.

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