COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO ISSUE PROGRAM STATEMENT AT MAY SUMMIT

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MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - A program statement will be issued at the 3rd summit of the Council of Europe in May in order to underline CE pan-European role, CE Secretary General Walter Schwimmer told a press conference in Moscow on Saturday.

In addition, we shall adopt a plan of cooperation with other European organizations and a plan of pan-European actions, he said.

Free movement over Europe, the fight against drug trafficking, corruption, organized crime and terrorism and other issues will be covered in the statement, Mr. Schwimmer reported.

"The CE committee of ministers decided to create additional anti-terrorist mechanisms," he noted.

According to CE secretary-general, the CE role has increased since the EU enlargement.

"We don't want a unilateral system in Europe. We need a Europe of equal partners," Walter Schwimmer said.

The forthcoming summit should boost the development of new Europe without demarcation lines, he stressed.

"In this case the Council of Europe will become a platform uniting European countries. The CE task is to respond to pan-European threats and challenges," Mr. Schwimmer noted.

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