The 8-th EAG Plenary session began in the Issyk Kul region (Kyrgyzstan) on 16 July, 2008. Delegations from the EAG member-states (Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), as well as representatives from states and organizations - observers to the EAG (Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, India, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Turkey, the UK, Ukraine, the USA, CIS Executive Committee, EBRD, EEC, FATF, IMF, OSCE, UNODC and World Bank) take part in this meeting.
The participants of the Plenary discussed and approved the FATF, MONEYVAL and the EAG Mutual Evaluation Report on the Russian Federation, as well as the recommendations to the Russian Federation on elimination of the drawbacks in the Russian AML/CFT system revealed during the mission. This Report was approved at the FATF and MONEYVAL Plenary meetings on 19 June and 11 July respectively.
Other issues to be discussed at the Plenary session are the following: the EAG typology research in AML/CFT and the technical assistance to the EAG member-states aimed at creation and improvement of the national AML/CFT systems.
The training seminar for representatives of the competent authorities of the EAG member-states on the EAG typology researches is planned for 18 July.
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