A
cross-border police cooperation agreement was signed in Sofia on
Wednesday by visiting Greek Citizens‘ Protection Minister Mihalis
Chryssohoidis and Bulgarian Interior Minister Cvetan Cvetanov.
[ana-mpa.gr] The
agreement is aimed at preventing public safety threats and combating
cross-border organized crime through a framework of closer cooperation
and information exchange.
Speaking to reporters, Chrysohoidis characterized the two countries as
“strategic allies” and reaffirmed Greece’s support to Bulgaria’s bid to
join the Schengen area.
He stated that after the recent inauguration of the Zlatograd-Thermes
border crossing in Thrace, northeast Greece, by the prime ministers of
Greece and Bulgaria “we will make sure that security will be guaranteed
in the free movement of the people”. He also underlined that organized
crime is the biggest enemy of democracy and social peace and expressed
satisfaction over the signing of the agreement. (more on ana-mpa.gr)
