Informal meeting with the USA
Prague, 6 February 2009 - The high-level informal meeting between the EU and the USA took place in Prague on 5 and 6 February.
This meeting was held on expert director level. It was led on behalf of the EU by a delegation of the Czech Presidency (the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in cooperation with representatives of the Council of the EU, the European Commission, Frontex, Eurojust, Europol and the future Swedish Presidency.
The subject of the meeting was aspects of long-term cooperation between the EU and the
During the first part of the meeting the participants discussed exchange of information concerning the topic of the missing children warning system (the so-called Child Alert). The representatives of the Ministry of the Interior informed the American side about their activities in this area and invited the American experts to a conference, which will take place on 19 May
During the second part of the meeting the participants discussed the question of abusing the Internet to help extremism and terrorism. The delegates agreed that the Internet is a positive place for free communication, access to information and expressing ideas. But it could be the same for criminals who in fact use the Internet as a tool for their illegal activities. Therefore, it is necessary to take uncompromising action to stop these criminal acts. In the context of this situation the Member States of the EU and the
During the third part of the meeting representatives of both sides exchanged information about new developments in the area of visa policy and securing the borders. It was claimed that progress has been done in the area of visa reciprocity policy, where seven Member States of the EU recently entered the Visa Waiver Regime. The Presidency expressed the importance of achieving complete visa reciprocity.
At the end of the meeting a discussion about cooperation in the area of civil justice took place.
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