FIRST SITTING OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMISSION ON SYSTEMATIZING OF FIGHT AGAINST FINANCING MONEY-LAUNDERING AND TERRORISM
NKR Government Information and Public Relations Department
November 08, 2008
On November 8, 2008, the first sitting of Interdepartmental Commission
on Systematizing of Fight against Financing Money-laundering and
Terrorism chaired by the NKR Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan took
place. Chairman of the RA Central Bank A.Javadyan and the head of
Financial Monitoring Center of the same bank D. Azatyan were present
at the meeting.
Attaching importance to necessity of involvement of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic into the fight against financing money-laundering and
terrorism, the NKR Prime Minister and Commission Head A.Haroutyunyan
informed that the NKR Government had already set about foundation
of effective system on fight against financing money-laundering
and terrorism, the first step for which was adoption of the NKR
law "On Fight against Financing Money-laundering and Terrorism" on
December 26, 2007. According to the law, the NKR Ministry of Finance
was considered to be a competent body in the structure of which a
division of financial monitoring-a special structural subdivision
was founded. In close cooperation with Financial Monitoring Center
of the RA Central Bank, jointly, sub divisions on 3 year development
programme were perfected and created.
The first issue of the agenda-system against financing of terrorism and
laundering of money of the Republic of Armenia was presented by Daniel
Azatyan Head of Financial Monitoring Center of the RA Central Bank.
According to him, the main aim of its creation is to secure our
citizens' rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests as well as
prevention of international terrorism.
Spartak Tevosyan, the NKR Minister of Finance, Deputy Head of the
Commission spoke in concern with other agenda issues: on regulations
of interdepartmental commission, on the package of the NKR projects
of laws, on completing mutual understanding agreements between the
Ministry of Finance and other bodies, on submitting accounts by
financial monitoring division and others.
On discussing the agenda issues the meeting has accomplished its work.
NKR Government Information and Public Relations Department
November 08, 2008
On November 8, 2008, the first sitting of Interdepartmental Commission
on Systematizing of Fight against Financing Money-laundering and
Terrorism chaired by the NKR Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan took
place. Chairman of the RA Central Bank A.Javadyan and the head of
Financial Monitoring Center of the same bank D. Azatyan were present
at the meeting.
Attaching importance to necessity of involvement of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic into the fight against financing money-laundering and
terrorism, the NKR Prime Minister and Commission Head A.Haroutyunyan
informed that the NKR Government had already set about foundation
of effective system on fight against financing money-laundering
and terrorism, the first step for which was adoption of the NKR
law "On Fight against Financing Money-laundering and Terrorism" on
December 26, 2007. According to the law, the NKR Ministry of Finance
was considered to be a competent body in the structure of which a
division of financial monitoring-a special structural subdivision
was founded. In close cooperation with Financial Monitoring Center
of the RA Central Bank, jointly, sub divisions on 3 year development
programme were perfected and created.
The first issue of the agenda-system against financing of terrorism and
laundering of money of the Republic of Armenia was presented by Daniel
Azatyan Head of Financial Monitoring Center of the RA Central Bank.
According to him, the main aim of its creation is to secure our
citizens' rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests as well as
prevention of international terrorism.
Spartak Tevosyan, the NKR Minister of Finance, Deputy Head of the
Commission spoke in concern with other agenda issues: on regulations
of interdepartmental commission, on the package of the NKR projects
of laws, on completing mutual understanding agreements between the
Ministry of Finance and other bodies, on submitting accounts by
financial monitoring division and others.
On discussing the agenda issues the meeting has accomplished its work.