BRUSSELS, 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.

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