The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the GS Foundation signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will strengthen the capacities of the National Police and the Border Police to fight crime and terrorism, which have been intensified by the Russian military aggression against Ukraine.

The cooperation framework sets out the implementation of two large projects worth a total of more than €6.8 million.

The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs held a bilateral meeting with the delegation of the European Gendarmerie Force EUROGENDFOR.

The meeting took place in the context of the assessment visit (June 19^th – June 23^rd) of the structure, functions and tasks of the General Command and subordinate subdivisions of the GIC.

Teams of policemen, border policemen and migration management officers will become more mobile, more operational, and more effective in maintaining security and public order. The capacities and resources of the subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were strengthened today by an assistance package provided by the US Government, the Government of Japan, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of Europe Development Bank.

The government continues to denounce cooperation agreements with the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which have lost their relevance. The third is a cooperation agreement on preventing and dealing with the consequences of exceptional situations.

The EU Drugs Strategy focuses on two important issues: stepping up national drug prevention and investigation and close international cooperation.

A Working Group has recently been set up on the platform of the EU Support Hub in Chisinau, to address systemic approaches to large-scale seizures of goods taken out of civilian use, including drugs.

The security measures taken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the context of the multiple crises of the last year, have been discussed online during a conference organised by LSE IDEAS from the UK.

The Republic of Moldova is in the final stage of preparations to join the most powerful international network for cooperation in disaster prevention and response.

Negotiations were initiated and the signing of the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Moldova in the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (hereafter EU-CPM) was approved by a decree signed by the President of the Republic of Moldova.

Several studies show an alarming increase in the rates of traffic and use of synthetic drugs. The trends are global, which is why US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson initiated today the creation of an international community to boost counteraction – the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drugs Threat.

Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladislav Cojuhari, held a bilateral meeting with the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic in Bucharest, Sofia Grammata, on the mandate completion.

The officials reviewed the most important results achieved during the mandate on the bilateral internal affairs agenda and reconfirmed future points of interest.

The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs met today with a group of experts from the GS Foundation.

State Secretary Daniela Misail-Nichitin discussed with the German colleagues about the implementation progress of the Memorandum in the field of strengthening the capacities of the internal affairs system to fight cross-border crime which was signed between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the GS Foundation in mid-June.