Gaiani: Drug, a difficult problem

After the 90-minutes meeting, Top Channel asked the Italian Ambassador, Massimo Gaiani, if he is satisfied with the efforts made so far by the Albanian authorities in the fight against narcotics.

“Minister Tahiri explained the government’s plans for fighting this problem. We received a detailed explanation about what the government plans to do. We are dealing with a difficult problem. Let’s see ho it goes. We have started thinking of how we can help Albania fight this difficult decision”, Gaiani declared.

Minister Tahiri declared that the drug cultivation and traffic is a problem that goes beyond his Ministry.

“I shared with the ambassadors our strategy for our fight against drugs and the possibility to resolve this issue, which is not easy, but we will treat it with our international partners. We will start filming through airplanes the cultivated fields, while the process for the fight against this phenomena has already started. This problem goes beyond the police, the Interior Ministry and the government. The solution of this problem should involve the society and our partners. It requires an European solution”, Tahiri declared.

Tahiri valued the cooperation on terrain with the local authorities.

“600 informations have been administered by the police for each area, in specific parts of the territory that are considered dangerous for the cultivation. This means that there is cooperation with the local institutions in every district. We take this as evidence that we are working for a common goal, a safer Albania”, Tahiri declared.

The Dutch Ambassador, Martin De La Bej, whose country is one of the biggest cannabis consumer in Europe, didn’t comment the meeting.

Fight against crime, Tahiri meets Alfano

The Albanian Minister of Interior, Saimir Tahiri, attended an official visit in Rome, Italy, with the Italian Counterpart, Angelin Alfano.

The Italian Minister of Interior declared that he is impressed by the results of the Albanian police in these two months. Both ministers agreed to reinforce cooperation in the fight against drug traffic.

“Italy is ready to offer assistance in the fight against the drug traffic”, declared the Italian Minister during the meeting. Minister Tahiri declared that the Albanian government is committed to fight without compromise against this phenomenon, underlining that the safety of a country means even more safety for the neighbors and the other countries of the region.

Alfano declared that he supports Albania in the European integration process, and that he will lobby for Albania to receive the candidate status for the European Union.

Minister Tahiri invited the Italian counterpart to visit Albania, an invitation which was welcomed by Mr.Alfano, who declared that this visit would be realized soon.

The General Director of the State Police, Artan Didi, met with high leaders of the Italian police, discussing the cooperation in the fight against organized crime and traffics from both sides of the border.

Top Channel