Commissioners Avramopoulos and King in Washington, D.C. for EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial meeting

Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King will be in Washington, D.C. today and tomorrow to participate in the EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial meeting. They will represent the EU together with the Estonian Minister of the Interior Andres Anvelt and Minister of Justice Urmas Reinsalu on behalf of the Estonian Presidency, while the U.S. will be represented by Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The meeting, which is held twice a year to advance transatlantic cooperation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs, will focus on cooperation on counterterrorism, security cooperation in cyberspace, organised crime, aviation security and visa reciprocity. Today, Commissioner King will hold bilateral meetings, including with Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the Treasury Department. He will also participate in a Facebook Live interview at the Atlantic Council, which will take place at 09:45 local time and can be followed on Facebook. Tomorrow, Commissioner Avramopoulos will hold bilateral meetings with Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke and President of the Migration Policy Institute Demetrios Papademetriou.