Kuwaiti security official stresses the importance of enhancing Arab cooperation in border and airport security - Sarmad

(KUNA) – The Assistant Director General of the General Administration of the Coast Guard for Maritime Operations, Naval Colonel Khaled Al-Buraybi, affirmed today the importance of strengthening joint Arab cooperation in the field of border and airport security. Al-Buraybi stressed, in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) during his participation in the 18th Arab Conference of Heads of Border, Airport, and Port Security Agencies, held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab Ministers of Interior Council in Tunis, the importance of enhancing coordination among Arab border security agencies to confront emerging challenges, particularly waves of illegal immigration, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, and drug trafficking. He considered that enhancing the use of technology at Arab airports and border crossings, along with the exchange of information, contributes effectively to combating crimes that threaten border security, expressing the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior’s commitment to strengthening joint Arab efforts to serve security in our Arab region. Representing the State of Kuwait at the conference, alongside Naval Colonel Khaled Al-Buraybi, were Colonel Ahmed Al-Zawawi, Director of the Airport Security Department, and Colonel Saud Al-Mari, Director of the Western Border Department.