US embassy cable - 05BRATISLAVA872

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000872 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE FOR L/LEI - KPROPP, EUR/NCE, EUR/ERA 
DOJ FOR OIA D. GAYNUS 
PARIS FOR DOJ - K. HARRIS 
USEU FOR M. RICHARD 
VIENNA FOR DEA K. CORONT 
PRAGUE FOR LEGATT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KJUS, PREL, EU, LO 
SUBJECT: SLOVAK JUSTICE MINISTER'S NOV. 7 MEETING WITH AG 
GONZALES 
 
 
1. Slovak Minister of Justice Daniel Lipsic is scheduled to 
meet with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at 14:00 on 
November 7 in Washington.  Poloffs met on 10/26 with MOJ's 
Head of the International and European Law Department Peter 
Banas and Jana Vnukova, Head of the Division of Coordination 
of EU Affairs, to discuss Minister Lipsic's objectives for 
the meeting.  Lipsic plans to provide AG Gonzales with an 
overview of recent judicial reforms in Slovakia including 
anti-corruption measures and a recent amendment to the law 
against trafficking in persons.  He will also highlight GOS 
initiatives to address terrorism and organized crime.  The 
GOS has been supportive on terrorist financing issues and AG 
Gonzales may want to encourage Lipsic to push for stronger EU 
enforcement efforts.  Poloffs suggested to Banas and Vnukova 
that a discussion of the impact of EU regulations on law 
enforcement in Slovakia may be of interest to the Attorney 
General. 
 
2. The meeting is an opportunity to celebrate the successful 
completion of negotiations on the implementing instruments 
for the US-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance 
agreements.  Officials from DOJ and State met with their GOS 
counterparts in Bratislava October 17-18 to finalize the 
texts.  Lipsic plans to submit the agreements to cabinet for 
approval in early December with hopes of a mid-December 
signing in Bratislava.  Parliament would later ratify the 
treaties. 
 
3. Minister Lipsic's delegation will include: 
- Mr. Radoslav Prochazka, Slovak Representative before the 
European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance in 
Luxembourg, Ministry of Justice 
- Mr. Martin Lauko, Senior Prosecutor of the General 
Prosecutor's Office, and Chairman of the Council of the 
Judicial Academy. 
- Ms. Vilma Privarova, delegate of the Slovak Republic 
responsible for foreign Slovaks 
VALLEE 
 
 
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