ANTWERP – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to meet Tuesday with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in the port of Antwerp to discuss maritime security and bilateral efforts to fight transnational drug smuggling.

De Wever, a former mayor of Antwerp, has traveled internationally to tackle surging drug trafficking through northern Europe, Belgium’s national broadcaster reported. The meeting with Noem “will underscore the close cooperation between Belgium and the United States in the area of security and the fight against international organized crime," his office said.

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