MOSCOW. April 28 (Interfax) - The Russian Prosecutor General's Office and the Norwegian Prosecution Service will cooperate in combating crime, terrorism, and corruption, in line with an agreement that was signed in Oslo on Tuesday by Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Norwegian Director General of Public Prosecutions Tor-Aksel Busch, Marina Gridneva, a spokesperson for the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, told Interfax on Tuesday.
"The agreement envisions exchange of information and experience in protecting human rights and freedoms, combating crime, including its organized forms, terrorism, corruption, trafficking in arms, illegal drugs and psychotropic substances, economic, and other crimes posing special threat to society," Gridneva said.
Chaika also signed an agreement with Norwegian Justice and Police Ministry State Secretary Terje Moland Pedersen, she said.
"The prosecution services will exchange information on the two countries' legal systems and laws, lawmaking, and law enforcement measures, interact in extraditions and legal assistance on criminal cases, train personnel for prosecution bodies and institutions and upgrade their qualification, and also organize research activities on issues of mutual interest," Gridneva said.
The agreement envisions meetings and consultations for exchange of experience, conferences, roundtable meetings, and workshops on problems of mutual interest, she said.