18 July 2011
Soyo — The officers of the 3rd Border Police Unit in the northern Zaire province are gathered since Saturday in Soyo district in their 5th Broader Consultative Council, aimed at analysing the mechanisms of reinforcing the security of land, sea and river border of the region.
During two days, the command of the referred unit will assess the activities developed during the first semester of 2011, as well as the diagnosis and prognostic of the border situation of the operational chart of Zaire province.
The meeting is being led by the National Commander of the Border Police, commissioner in chief Alberto Jorge Antunes.
Addressing the opening ceremony, the commander highlighted the need of redoubling surveillance and supervision of the national borders, so as to discourage illegal immigration, smuggling, drug dealing and fuel trafficking.
Alberto Jorge Antunes also called for the collaboration of other institutions related to defence of sovereignty and civil society in the support to the inspection and denouncement of border infringements.
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Border Police Holds 5th Consultative Council in Soyo District