Press Release

The General Prosecutors' Offices of the countries of the Western Balkans and Slovenia sign the memorandum on cooperation in the field of public relations

The General Prosecutors' Offices of the countries of the Western Balkans and Slovenia signed in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, the memorandum on cooperation in the field of public relations.

The representatives of the nine prosecutors' offices, including the General Prosecutor's Office of Albania, agreed to increase cooperation with their colleagues in the region to improve the capacities of the respective public relations offices.

In order to achieve the objectives covered by this memorandum, it is envisaged to establish a regional platform of public relations offices, as a cooperation and communication forum, the modalities of which will be determined by the signatories.

The parties agreed to ensure that published information does not jeopardize the investigation in the territories of other signatories when informing the public of developments related to cross-border issues as well as to hold prior consultations.

The signing of this memorandum was part of the "Countering Serious Crime in the Western Balkans - IPA 2019" project, which supported the activities for cooperation and the signing of the Memorandum on Cooperation between the General Prosecutors' Offices in the region and the interested EU member states. 

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