9th meeting of Armenia-EU Joint Readmission Committee was held in  Yerevan

ArmInfo.The 9th session of the Armenia-EU Joint Readmission Committee was held on October 25,  the press service of the RA MFA reports.

The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Foreign  Ministry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the European Commission,  the EU delegation in Armenia, Embassies of the EU member states, as  well as "FRONTEX''. The meeting was co-chaired by Armen Ghazaryan,  the Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service, and Silvena Pesta,  the Head of Unit of the Irregular Migration and Returns of the  Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European  Commission.

The parties discussed the status of bilateral implementation of the  Armenia-EU readmission agreement, the statistics on readmission  issues, as well as other technical and substantive issues aimed at  further increasing the effectiveness of the implementation of the  agreement.

The sides touched upon the currently ongoing state reintegration  assistance program and the work undertaken towards improving the  system of voluntary return and reintegration to Armenia. The European  side, in its turn, commended the effective cooperation with the  Armenian side.

The parties agreed to continue the active steps towards the further  implementation of the Armenia-EU readmission agreement.