Qatar, Russia Discuss Ongoing Preparations for UN Congress on Crime

Moscow, February 18 (QNA) - HE Maj. Gen. Abdullah Yusuf Al Mal, the Advisor of HE Minister of Interior who is also the chairman of the preparatory committee of the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and his accompanying delegation discussed in Moscow the ongoing preparations for the UN Congress scheduled to be held in Doha in April. The delegation met senior officials from relevant ministries there, including the Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats of the Russian Foreign Ministry Ilya Rogachev, and State Secretary and Deputy Minister of the Interior Igor Zubov. The meetings reviewed Qatar's logistic preparations for hosting the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 'Doha 2015'. The meetings also touched upon Russia's position on various issues on the Congress's agenda, and its concerns in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, as well as agreement on the joint cooperation and coordination between the delegations of Russia and Qatar, which chairs the ongoing informal consultation rounds in Vienna to prepare the draft Doha Declaration. (QNA)