| 28 September 2007 The European Commission has suggested to European Union member states to cancel entry visas for transit trips via Romania and Bulgaria for nationals of the Republic of Moldova. This was a topic of discussion at the 8th meeting of the EU-Moldova sub-committee for cooperation in the sphere of justice and the interior held in Brussels on 19 September. The Moldovan delegation composed of the co-chairman of the sub-committee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Valeriu Ostalep, Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (CCECC) Director Valentin Mejinschi, Deputy Minister of the Interior Valentin Zubic, and Deputy Minister of Justice, the Government's Permanent Representative at Parliament Nicolae Esanu. European experts highlighted Moldova's good reforms taking place in the fields of corruption and organized crime prevention, independence of the judiciary, and migration control. In the European Union experts' opinion, the Republic of Moldova abides by the EU standards on combating corruption. They expressed readiness to underpin Moldova's cooperation in fields essential for the republic's multifaceted development. The parties stressed the important of having a reliable border control and management. In particular, it is necessary to start negotiations, from 2008, on signing the Frontex cooperation agreement.
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