Officials responsible for integrated border management named

The national integrated border management strategy is to be drafted by the end of October. In its last meeting, the Government approved the nominal composition of the National Council that will supervise the filed. The Council will be headed by Alexei Roibu, director general of the Border Guard Service. Tudor Balitski, director general of the Customs Service, will act as deputy chairman, Info-Prim Neo reports. The Council is also composed of councilors, division heads of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defense, the Security and Information Service, the State Ecological Inspectorate, the Pisciculture Service, and other institutions. According to Alexei Roibu, the integrated border management system is an important instrument for ensuring security and preventing and tracking illegal migration and related offenses. The utilization of this instrument by Moldova is very important in the context of the talks on the liberalization of the visa regime with the EU. “The Council will aim at facilitating and improving communication between the Border Guard Service and the central and local public authorities, contributing to the implementation of measures to secure the border and introducing efficient border supervision and control methods,” Alexei Roibu said. The draft integrated border management strategy will be published on the Border Guard Service's website and will be approved after public debates.