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    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.

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