Armenian official, European envoys discuss rights, police work

Arminfo
13 May 05

YEREVAN

The chief of the Armenian police, Lt-Gen Ayk Arutyunyan, held a
meeting with the rapporteurs of the [Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe] PACE Monitoring Committee, Irzhi Yaskenya and
George Kolumbie, on 12 May.

The three men discussed steps taken by the law-enforcement bodies to
defend human rights and the law of the Republic of Armenia on the code
of conduct of the police and to further improve the police work
including their retraining, the press service of the Armenian Police
said.

The sides discussed other issues of mutual interest. A deputy chief of
the police, Maj-Gen Ovannes Varyan; the chief of staff, Maj-Gen Eduard
Kazaryan; and the head of the legal department, Maj Ovannes Kocharyan,
attended the meeting.