{"id":3163260,"date":"2021-09-09T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/eu-western-balkans-meeting-on-fight-against-firearms-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:16:54","slug":"eu-western-balkans-meeting-on-fight-against-firearms-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/eu-western-balkans-meeting-on-fight-against-firearms-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-Western Balkans meeting on fight against firearms trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 7 September, the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva\u00a0<strong>Johansson<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> in cooperation with the EU High Representative\/ Vice-President of the Commission, Josep\u00a0<strong>Borrell<\/strong>, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliv\u00e9r\u00a0<strong>V\u00e1rhelyi<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council, hosted a videoconference meeting of EU and Western Balkans Foreign and Home Affairs Ministers on countering firearms trafficking. The meeting also included EU agencies as well as regional and international organisations such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants discussed the implementation of the 2020-2025\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0608\">EU action plan on firearms trafficking<\/a> with a focus on the actions concerning South-East Europe, and the implementation of the Regional Roadmap for comprehensive Small Arms and Light Weapons control in the Western Balkans. 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