Subject: Albanian-Macedonian border.<br/>
Date: Aug 17, 2004 @ 21:11<br/>
Author: Christian Berghänel (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Christian_Bergh=E4nel?= &lt;christian.berghanel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-838861511">Here is a piece of news from the Albanian-Macedonian border:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC<br/>
&gt; ___________________________________________________________<br/>
&gt; RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 156, Part II, 17 August 2004<br/>
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&gt; ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA STEP UP JOINT BORDER CONTROLS. Albanian and<br/>
&gt; Macedonian border police will soon institutionalize joint border<br/>
&gt; controls to thwart illegal border crossings, RFE/RL&#39;s Macedonian<br/>
&gt; broadcasters reported on 16 August. A spokesman for the Macedonian<br/>
&gt; Interior Ministry said a bilateral agreement between his ministry and<br/>
&gt; its Albanian counterpart on the fight against organized crime and<br/>
&gt; terrorism was signed two months ago. The respective parliaments will<br/>
&gt; soon pass legislation regulating cooperation by the two countries&#39;<br/>
&gt; border police. Bajram Gosturani of the Albanian border police said<br/>
&gt; cooperation with their Macedonian opposite number is functioning<br/>
&gt; well. They exchange information and carry out joint training<br/>
&gt; operations. The Albanian-Macedonian border, which passes through<br/>
&gt; mountainous territory, is often used by traffickers of humans and<br/>
&gt; drugs. UB<br/>
&gt; <br/>
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 </span></blockquote>Best wishes,<br/>
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Christian Berghänel<br/>
Sweden<br/>
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