According to him, the session's agenda, which is still being specified, will be sufficient.
Mr. Zubkov said that the session would be attended by representatives of all EAG countries and observers from Ukraine, Georgia, Britain, the United States, France, the World Bank, the IMF and Moneyval.
The Eurasia Group was created on Russia's initiative on October 6, 2004. Russia, China, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are members. Viktor Zubkov was elected chairman.
The main objectives of the organization are to promote international standards of combating money laundering and financing terrorism, taking into account the peculiarities of the region, plan and carry out measures within the jurisdiction of financial intelligence services and evaluate the effectiveness of these measures.
Urgent problems on this topic are being discussed at the three-day FATF-Moneyval typology seminar that opened on Monday in Moscow.
Mr. Zubkov told reporters that in Russia, the system for combating money laundering operates effectively.
According to his, at the seminar Russian experts intend to examine the experience of other countries' financial intelligence services, particularly in combating money laundering in the insurance sector. "This problem is important for many countries," he said. "Perhaps it is not as acute in Russia, but there still are still violations in this sector of business."
He said the topic of money laundering connected to immigration is important for Russia.
More than 200 experts from 60 countries and international organizations are attending the seminar.
