Slovenia, Italy and Croatia step closer to mixed border patrols

Nova Gorica, 20 January - Slovenia, Italy and Croatia signed a document establishing trilateral police patrols to be dispatched to the external Schengen border in Croatia as the interior ministers of the three countries met in Nova Gorica on Monday. Slovenia's Minister Boštjan Poklukar said this will help remove the need for internal border checks.

Nova Gorica The police commissioners of Slovenia, Croatia and Italy sign a memorandum on joint patrols as part of a trilateral meeting of the countries' interior ministers (in the background, left to right: Croatia's Davor Božinović, Slovenia's Boštjan Poklukar and Italy's Matteo Piantedosi). Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
The police commissioners of Slovenia, Croatia and Italy sign a memorandum on joint patrols as part of a trilateral meeting of the countries' interior ministers (in the background, left to right: Croatia's Davor Božinović, Slovenia's Boštjan Poklukar and Italy's Matteo Piantedosi).
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Croatian counterparts. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Croatian counterparts.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Italian counterparts. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Italian counterparts.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), pictured at a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), pictured at a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Croatian counterparts. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Croatian counterparts.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Italian counterparts. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Italian counterparts.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Italian counterparts. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Italian counterparts.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Croatian counterparts. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi addresses reporters after a trilateral meeting in Nova Gorica with Slovenian and Croatian counterparts.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), pictured at a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), pictured at a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior ministers of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, Davor Božinović, Boštjan Poklukar and Matteo Piantedosi (left to right), address reporters after a trilateral meeting.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar (right) receives his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi for a trilateral meeting with Croatia's Davor Božinović. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Nova Gorica
Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar (right) receives his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi for a trilateral meeting with Croatia's Davor Božinović.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

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