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Sri Lanka has entered several bilateral mutual legal assistance treaties with Russia in the context of combating serious international crimes such as those relating to terrorism and narcotic trafficking.

The External Affairs Ministry said that the third round of bilateral negotiations was held in Colombo this week between the Delegations of Sri Lanka and the Russian Federation in order to conclude a bilateral treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the two countries.

During negotiations, the two sides exchanged views on current developments relating to enhanced cooperation on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and emphasized the need to cooperate at the international, regional and bilateral levels, in particular in the combating of international terrorism and organized crime. At the end of the three day negotiations, the two sides initialed an Agreed Text of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters.

The two delegations also commenced negotiations on a fresh bilateral Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, enabling the transfer of prisoners to their country of origin to serve their sentence, which would facilitate the rehabilitation of such prisoners.

The visiting Russian delegation was led by Kirichenko Yuri, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The Sri Lankan delegation was led by Mrs. Eva Wanasundera, Solicitor General.

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