I wish to express my firm belief that such a concept should overrule the individualistic approach to the integration process of the countries of our region. Egocentric policies prevent the creation of the necessary synergies stemming from coordination and cooperation among countries. The energy crisis we have been facing this winter brought out even more the necessity to coordinate our efforts and resources to overcome it. It also laid down the need for our countries to be in solidarity and coordinate their institutionalized efforts to tackle the energy crisis, beginning with the better running and disciplining of our water resources and building the joint systems for the generation and transmission of power. In this context, we think that another important aspect of our cooperation is the fight against illicit trafficking and organized crime.
Crime has neither a home country, nor ethnicity.
It knows no bounds. Nobody can claim to be immune to it if he struggles alone. Cooperating together in the fight against organized crime, we will have more results in our fight against it and will effectively assist one another. In this context, I wish to stress that the approval of the readmission agreements among the countries of our region will vindicate our concrete commitment to assume our respective responsibilities. It is related to the implementation of one of the main and earliest principles of the Helsinki Charter, that of the free circulation of peoples, goods, and ideas.