DUSHANBE, May 19, Asia-Plus  -- The third session of the council of the CIS justice ministers and the eleventh session of the council of justice ministers under the Integration Committee of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) will be held in Minsk, Belarus on May 28.  

The source at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said that the sessions aim to issues related to cooperation in the legal sphere within the CIS and EAEC areas, including application of the Minsk and Chisinau conventions on legal support and legal cooperation on civil, family and criminal proceedings.

The sides are also scheduled to discuss harmonization of member nations’ advocacy laws, according to the MoJ source.  

 The EAEC justice ministers’ session is supposed to result in signing of an agreement on cooperation in the field of registration of acts of civil status.