Frontex Management Board has approved the appointment of a Frontex liaison officer in the Western Balkans as part of the agency’s strategy to further strengthen the cooperation with countries outside the EU. The liaison officer in the region is expected to be appointed in spring 2017 and will be based in Belgrade, Serbia.
In the future, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency also intends to deploy additional liaison officers to countries outside the EU affected by migration flows.
Frontex has deployed a liaison officer in Turkey since April 2016.