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Russia-EU PPC to discuss easier visa rules, migration, crime fight.
WARSAW, October 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russia-EU Permanent Partnership
Council (PPC) on Freedom, Security and Justice will open its 15th session
here on Monday.
Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov, who is the presidential
special envoy for cooperation with the European Union in freedom, security
and justice, will head the Russian delegation at the forum. Officials from
the Russian Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service and the
Federal Migration Service will also participate in the PPC session. EU
Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom will represent the
European Commission. Justice Minister Krzysztof Kwiatkowski and Interior
Minister Jerzy Miller will represent Poland, which is presiding in the EU
Council.
The Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council will discuss the
development of cooperation between the EU and Russia in freedom, security
and justice and will set guidelines to broaden and develop this
cooperation, Polish organizers said in a statement.
The PPC session will focus on "visa-free travel talks, including
easier visa rules, migration and the struggle against transnational
organized crime and drug trafficking," the Russian Justice Ministry
reported. "The interlocutors are to approve a working schedule of the
Russian-EU migration dialogue for 2011-2012, consider the negotiated list
of joint steps towards a visa-free regime of short-term trips for the
citizens from Russia and the EU states and are to sum up the results,
which the experts achieved on the guidelines of cooperation," the Justice
Ministry said. The PPC session "will set priorities in building a common
Russia-EU space in freedom, security and justice," the Russian Justice
Ministry reported.
An official opening ceremony is scheduled for Monday evening, but a
working meeting and its result summarizing is scheduled for Tuesday on the
agenda of the PPC session.
The Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council held the previous 14th
session in St. Petersburg last May. High on the agenda of the previous PPC
session was visa-free travel talks between Russia and the EU. The PPC
members decided to continue these talks and to take gradual steps on the
issue through easier visa rules.
Council (PPC) on Freedom, Security and Justice will open its 15th session
here on Monday.
Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov, who is the presidential
special envoy for cooperation with the European Union in freedom, security
and justice, will head the Russian delegation at the forum. Officials from
the Russian Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service and the
Federal Migration Service will also participate in the PPC session. EU
Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom will represent the
European Commission. Justice Minister Krzysztof Kwiatkowski and Interior
Minister Jerzy Miller will represent Poland, which is presiding in the EU
Council.
The Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council will discuss the
development of cooperation between the EU and Russia in freedom, security
and justice and will set guidelines to broaden and develop this
cooperation, Polish organizers said in a statement.
The PPC session will focus on "visa-free travel talks, including
easier visa rules, migration and the struggle against transnational
organized crime and drug trafficking," the Russian Justice Ministry
reported. "The interlocutors are to approve a working schedule of the
Russian-EU migration dialogue for 2011-2012, consider the negotiated list
of joint steps towards a visa-free regime of short-term trips for the
citizens from Russia and the EU states and are to sum up the results,
which the experts achieved on the guidelines of cooperation," the Justice
Ministry said. The PPC session "will set priorities in building a common
Russia-EU space in freedom, security and justice," the Russian Justice
Ministry reported.
An official opening ceremony is scheduled for Monday evening, but a
working meeting and its result summarizing is scheduled for Tuesday on the
agenda of the PPC session.
The Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council held the previous 14th
session in St. Petersburg last May. High on the agenda of the previous PPC
session was visa-free travel talks between Russia and the EU. The PPC
members decided to continue these talks and to take gradual steps on the
issue through easier visa rules.
