Visit of Deputy Minister of Justice of Russia to Brussels

Submitted on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 22:00

On 13-16 July 2010 Mr. Vassily Likhachev, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, conducted working visit to Brussels. He held working meetings with Ms. Françoise Le Bail, Director General of the European Commission for Justice, and Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director General of the European Commission for Home Affairs, Mr. Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (Spain), Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Mr. Knut Fleckenstein (Germany), Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and Ambassador Jean De Ruyt, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the European Union.
The wide spectrum of issues related to cooperation between Russia and the European Union in the area of freedom, security and justice was discussed at these meetings, including the preparatory work of the upcoming Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council meeting at the level of ministers of justice and home affairs scheduled for autumn 2010 in Brussels.