IT IS ENVISAGED CREATING EU-ARMENIA COOPERATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON
JUSTICE RELATED ISSUES

BRUSSEL S, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. An Armenia-EU technical meeting on
justice, liberty and security (JLS) related issues was held in Brussels
on November 25. The meeting is the first stage of the creation of a
EU-Armenia cooperation subcommitee on justice related issues. The
Armenian side was represented by an interdepartmental delegation
composed of experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of
Justice, the Migration Agency of the Ministry of Territorial
Administration, the RA Police and the National Security Service. About
20 experts of the European Commission took part in the meeting.

The purpose of the meeting was to present the EU’s policy to the
Armenian side and discuss JLS related reforms in Armenia. The
implementation of the respective sections of the European Neighborhood
Policy’s Armenia-EU Action Plan, as well as issues related to
migration, entry visas, security of travel documents were discussed.

According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, it is
envisaged creating a EU-Armenia cooperation subcommittee on JLS related
issues in 2009, which in its turn will form an institutional basis for
starting an Armenia-EU dialog on simplification of the entry visa
regime.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress