The 4th Meeting of the Türkiye-Austria Joint Cooperation Mechanism was held at the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The 4th Meeting of the Joint Cooperation Mechanism was held at the Ministry of Internal Affairs between the delegations headed by Çiftçi and Karner. In his speech at the meeting, Minister Çiftçi noted that relations between Türkiye and Austria are progressing positively with the influence of high-level contacts in recent years.

Pointing out the importance of cooperation between the ministries of interior of the two countries, Çiftçi stated that in a period of increasing political and economic uncertainty, developing cooperation in a wide range of areas, especially security and migration management, will provide significant gains for both countries.

Çiftçi stated that the Joint Cooperation Mechanism, which forms the institutional basis of cooperation between ministries, is useful. Making evaluations about the fight against terrorist organizations, Çiftçi said, "Turkey makes a great contribution to regional security and stability with its determined fight against terrorist organizations, especially PKK/KCK, FETO, DHKP-C and DAESH." he said.

"IT HAS SPREAD TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES"

Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi drew attention to the transnational structure of organized crime organizations and said: "Criminal organizations carry out their illegal activities such as drug trafficking, immigrant smuggling and human trafficking, cyber crimes, money laundering and arms smuggling on a transnational scale and on a global scale. The financial resources, logistics networks and management staff of these structures are spread across different countries."

Çiftçi stated that "new generation criminal organizations" are trying to expand their areas of activity and recruit "employees" by effectively using social media and digital communication opportunities, and emphasized that, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are waging a relentless fight against "new generation criminal organizations".

Minister Çiftçi said, "Thanks to your visit to our country, we had the opportunity to discuss many issues that concern both countries together. I hope that the cooperation and friendship between our countries, especially our ministries, will continue to increase, and I convey my heartfelt greetings and respect to the people of Austria in your presence." he said.