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    PanArmenian News
    July 13 2005

    USA TO DONATE $2 MILLION TO ARMENIAN LAW-ENFORCEMENT

    13.07.2005 03:53

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ On July 13, 2005 US Ambassador to Armenia John
    Evans and Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian will sign the
    Protocol on Amendment to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control
    and Law Enforcement between the Government of the United States of
    America and the Government of Armenia. Under this amendment, the US
    Government will provide $2,411,000.00 to the Government of Armenia
    for six projects. These projects will include regional law
    enforcement computer network development, law enforcement academy
    development, counter-trafficking in persons assistance, Border Guard
    and Customs regional training facilities development, criminal law
    reform program, and legal socialization program. Since the signing of
    the original Letter of Agreement on June 11, 2001, the Government of
    the United States has provided over $5 million for law enforcement
    assistance in Armenia. Some of the projects completed or nearing
    completion include installing computer classrooms and other classroom
    equipment in the Police Academy, Police Training Center and the
    Procuracy Training Center; providing computer equipment to the
    Anti-Trafficking offices at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
    Procuracy, and the Forensic Lab; and providing evidence collection
    equipment to the police, the Police Academy and the Forensic Lab. The
    US Embassy remains committed to working with the Government of
    Armenia to help modernize the criminal justice system in Armenia, IA
    Regnum reported.
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