Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met today with Public Security Minister Avi Dichter, who presented him with the main principles of his ministry’s annual work plan.

Prime Minister Olmert emphasized that the police’s goal must be – first and foremost – to protect citizens and increase personal security, and added that he views this as having utmost importance.  He stressed that there must be a struggle against public corruption and added that the police would receive full backing for this.

Prime Minister Olmert instructed Public Security Minister Dichter to brief the Cabinet on his ministry’s current activities.