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OSCE Mission provides border police in Serbia and Montenegro with modern equipment
BELGRADE 23 March 2005
BELGRADE, 23 March 2005 - Technical equipment, including computers which will provide information exchange on wanted persons, stolen vehicles, lost, stolen or forged documents, was today handed over by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro to the border police in Kladovo.
The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, who took part in the ceremony on the border between Serbia and Montenegro and Romania, said: "Today's handover supports the European concept of Integrated Border Management."
The equipment is part of a programme of technical support financed by the Italian Government. It will be used at the seven Serbian-Romanian border crossing points in Kikinda, Srpska Crnja, Vatin, Vrsac, Veliko Gradiste, Kladovo and Prahovo.
Today's action came in light of the Serbian Government's commitment to demilitarize borders and place them under the control of the specialized Serbian Interior Ministry's Border Police Service, in accordance with modern European standards.
"Citizens of both Serbia and Montenegro and Romania, as well as citizens of other countries, will benefit from more efficient and quicker checks at the border crossing points," added Ambassador Massari.
The OSCE provides training and advice to border police and promotes regional co-operation within the regular scope of its border management activities.
The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, who took part in the ceremony on the border between Serbia and Montenegro and Romania, said: "Today's handover supports the European concept of Integrated Border Management."
The equipment is part of a programme of technical support financed by the Italian Government. It will be used at the seven Serbian-Romanian border crossing points in Kikinda, Srpska Crnja, Vatin, Vrsac, Veliko Gradiste, Kladovo and Prahovo.
Today's action came in light of the Serbian Government's commitment to demilitarize borders and place them under the control of the specialized Serbian Interior Ministry's Border Police Service, in accordance with modern European standards.
"Citizens of both Serbia and Montenegro and Romania, as well as citizens of other countries, will benefit from more efficient and quicker checks at the border crossing points," added Ambassador Massari.
The OSCE provides training and advice to border police and promotes regional co-operation within the regular scope of its border management activities.