Brussels, 14/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Following five years of negotiations, the EU and Russia, in the margins of the JHA Council of 12 October in Luxembourg, concluded two bilateral agreements to facilitate the procedures for the granting of visas and the readmission of illegal residents. This agreement “will help us to work together more effectively to combat illegal immigration”, declared Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Relations and the Neighbourhood...