ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Wednesday about maritime security and bilateral efforts to fight transnational drug smuggling.

Noem said during a joint appearance in Antwerp that various U.S. agencies were cooperating with Belgium to increase the sharing of data and intelligence to combat drug trafficking. “Our threats will be stopped through collaboration, through sharing of information and intelligence," she said, adding that ports are "a prime target for foreign terrorist organizations, or cartels, or transnational criminal organizations that smuggle drugs and smuggle traffic through them. And here in Antwerp, you know that all too well.”

De Wever, a former mayor of Antwerp, has traveled as fa

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