The Head of the MIA Border Police, Colonel Nikoloz Sharadze held an online meeting with the Head of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service, General Rustamas Liubajevas.

The Director of the Land Border Defence Department, Colonel Gocha Janjghava also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, the parties underlined the importance of further deepening the existing cooperation. They also discussed the capacity-building opportunities for the border guards as well as utilising modern technologies in border protection. The colleagues shared best practices in effectively managing the border security challenges during the pandemic.

Colonel Nikoloz Sharadze informed the Lithuanian counterpart about the Border Police priorities along with the ongoing and upcoming projects. In the framework of the meeting, the bilateral cooperation plan for 2021-2022 was signed between the MIA Border Police and the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service. According to the plan, the two border agencies will further deepen the cooperation by sharing experience in terms of land border protection, coast guard, operative-investigative activities, analytics and cynology.