| Dačić signs agreement, meets Israel's Lieberman |
| 29 October 2009 | 09:47
| Source:
Beta |
JERUSALEM --
Interior Minister Ivica Dačić and Israeli Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich signed an agreement on law enforcement cooperation.
The agreement, signed in Jerusalem on Wednesday, related to the fight against drug and human trafficking, terrorism and organized crime, Beta news agency reprots.
After the signing, Dačić said that the agreement is very useful because both Serbia and Israel have gone and are still going through a very difficult period, which has forced both states to maintain strong police forces.
Dačić went on to say there is a number of areas in which the police forces of the two countries can cooperate, especially the battle against terrorism and organized crime, as well as information gathering and telecommunications.
Aharonovich stressed the need to extend cooperation with Serbia because organized crime knows no borders.
The Israeli minister also emphasized his interest in "personnel exchange programs".
Prior to signing the agreement with Aharonovich, Dačić met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who stressed that Israel will not change its position and will not support the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.
At the meeting, Lieberman said that Serbia's path to EU membership could be a solution to the problem of instability in the Balkans.
"Political relations between Serbia and Israel are good, but cooperation should be deepened in the economic and cultural fields," Lieberman said, mentioning the recent annulment of visas between the two countries.
During the day, the Interior Ministry delegation, which includes police chief Milorad Veljović, visited the Yad Vashem Memorial Museum dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust.
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