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Counterterrorism

Date: 05/2010 Description: State Department Staff converse with the Russian Delegation during the counterterrorism working group meeting, May 2010, Washington DC. - State Dept Image
Date: 2010 Description: Counterterrorism Working Group Logo. - State Dept Image
 Date: 05/2010 Description: Russian Counterterrorism delegation poses for photo before their tour of the Transportation Security Administration Operation Center in Herndon VA, May 2010. © Transportation Security Administration photo

In the Counterterrorism Working Group, the United States and Russia are working together in the multilateral arena to strengthen international counterterrorism norms and increase capacity building; counter the ideological dimension of violent extremism; improve our transportation security infrastructure; and continue to cooperate closely on law enforcement matters.

Working Group Chairpersons:

U.S. Chairperson: Jerry Lanier, U.S. Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism

Russia Chairperson: Alexander Zmeyevskiy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Fight Against Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime

Working Group Coordinators:

U.S. Coordinator: Lonni Reasor, Senior Policy Officer for Counterterrorism, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Russia Coordinator: Vladimir Salov, Deputy Director, Office of New Challenges and Threats, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Working Group Web Links:

U.S. Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs


Releases

--Joint Statement of the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation on Counterterrorism Cooperation
--Rewards for Justice for Doku Umarov
--Designation of Caucasus Emirate


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