Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has met with his Albanian counterpart to discuss tackling levels of drug-smuggling from that country.

I last saw the Albanian Foreign Minister at the Western Balkans Summit in July, and raised serious and organised crime as part of that discussion. We continue to work closely with the Albanian Government to tackle drug smuggling and other serious and organised crime through law enforcement cooperation and capacity building projects, including to strengthen the rule of law in Albania.