US STILL HELPS ARMENIA IMPROVE LEGAL SYSTEM
NEWS.AM
September 10, 2012 | 13:48
YEREVAN. - A protocol was signed Monday, at Armenia's Chief
Prosecutor's Office, on extending the term of the agreement on
cooperation, between the Governments of US and Armenia, in drug
control and developing Armenia's legal system.
Armenia's Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan and US Ambassador to
Armenia John Heffern signed this document.
In Hovsepyan's words, the American side will allocate $2.5 million for
this program. And this amount will be used for improving Armenia's
expertise center, combating trafficking and corruption, improving
the prison system, and designing a new Criminal Code.
In his turn, Ambassador John Heffern expressed a satisfaction over
the improvement of this domain in Armenia, and noted that this is an
important part of the bilateral cooperation.
To note, this is the fourteenth such document signed ever since the
aforesaid agreement's ratification on June 11, 2001. And, over the
course of these years, the US has allocated a total of $12 million
to Armenia along the lines of this agreement.
NEWS.AM
September 10, 2012 | 13:48
YEREVAN. - A protocol was signed Monday, at Armenia's Chief
Prosecutor's Office, on extending the term of the agreement on
cooperation, between the Governments of US and Armenia, in drug
control and developing Armenia's legal system.
Armenia's Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan and US Ambassador to
Armenia John Heffern signed this document.
In Hovsepyan's words, the American side will allocate $2.5 million for
this program. And this amount will be used for improving Armenia's
expertise center, combating trafficking and corruption, improving
the prison system, and designing a new Criminal Code.
In his turn, Ambassador John Heffern expressed a satisfaction over
the improvement of this domain in Armenia, and noted that this is an
important part of the bilateral cooperation.
To note, this is the fourteenth such document signed ever since the
aforesaid agreement's ratification on June 11, 2001. And, over the
course of these years, the US has allocated a total of $12 million
to Armenia along the lines of this agreement.