OSCE launches programme to help Armenian police

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
15 Mar 05

The OSCE started the first stage of the Police Assistance Programme in
Armenia on 15 March by signing an agreement on the refurbishment of a
police training centre.

During the signing ceremony, the head of the OSCE mission in Yerevan,
Vladimir Pryakhin, and the leadership of the Armenian Police expressed
the hope that the refurbishment of the training centre will bring
basic police training conditions in line with advanced European
practices and provide modern equipment and educational assistance.

After the signing ceremony, the sides expressed their confidence that
this will become an example of fruitful and constructive cooperation
between the OSCE and Armenia and continue to develop in the future.

[Video showed the chief of the Armenian Police, Ayk Arutyunyan, and
the head of the OSCE mission in Yerevan, Vladimir Pryakhin, signing
the agreement]