MOSCOW. Sept 30 (Interfax) - A package of bills on measures to combat corruption will be approved by a special meeting of the Council for Combating Corruption on Tuesday, before they are referred to the State Duma, President Dmitry Medvedev said.

"The Council will gather for a special meeting today to approve a final package of bills to be submitted to the State Duma," Medvedev told the officers just appointed to high command posts in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Tuesday.

The national plan for combating corruption has been confirmed, and priority tasks have been defined, Medvedev said.