Europe relies on Moldova to avoid arms trafficking linked to the war in Ukraine
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson (r) and Moldovan Interior Minister Ana Revenco (l) shake hands after signing a document during the launch of the EU Support Platform for Homeland Security and Border Management in Moldova at the EU Informal Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting on July 11, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic.
AFP - MICHAL CIZEK
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The European Union is strengthening its cooperation with Moldova.
Objective: to help control its border with Ukraine and prevent the risk of arms trafficking from this country at war.
The EU is worried about seeing the military equipment supplied by the West being diverted.
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The EU wants to avoid a repeat of the scenario of the wars in the former Yugoslavia, when, at the end of the 1990s, thousands of weapons from the looting of depots and equipment in the Balkan countries ended up between the hands of criminal or terrorist groups in Western European countries.
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We know how many weapons there are in Ukraine and of course not all of them are always in good hands
,” EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told a meeting of EU interior ministers. with their Moldovan and Ukrainian counterparts in Prague.
Commissioner @YlvaJohansson and Moldovan Minister of Internal Affairs @RevencoAna launch the #EUSupportHub for Internal Security and Border Management in #Moldova.
Announced on the sidelines of the Justice and Home Affairs Council #JHA #PressRelease➡️ https://t.co/HrsaVjq6Xw pic.twitter.com/SlrumsKFQm
— EU Home Affairs (@EUHomeAffairs) July 11, 2022
Of the five European countries surrounding Moldova, excluding Russia and Belarus, the most vulnerable is Moldova, the only non-EU border state.
And if Chisinau recently received the status of candidate, the work to be done to fight against corruption and trafficking of all kinds is still important.
A support structure for internal security and border management in Moldova will therefore be put in place, allowing the exchange of information and police cooperation on the ground.
It involves the EU Member States, Moldova and Ukraine, as well as the Europol and Frontex agencies.
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