YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The first meeting of the Armenia-European Union Subcommittee on Justice, Freedoms and Security took place in Yerevan on July 6. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ms. Karine Ghazinian and Deputy Minister of Justice Nicolay Arustamian were Armenian co-chairs of the work of the subcommittee. Officials of the Office of Prosecutor General, the Police, the National Security Service, the National Security Council, the Central Bank of Armenia, the State Migration Service, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Economy and other Armenian ministries and departments are involved in the work of the subcommittee. The EU delegation was headed by John Kjaer, Head of the Unit for South Caucasus, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus of the EU Commission's External Affairs Directorate. The RA MFA Press and Information Department reported that the issues on the agenda included fight against corruption and organized crime, migration policy, judicial and legal cooperation, as well as issues related to liberalization of the visa regime for Armenian citizens traveling to EU countries.

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