RF, ARMENIAN GEN PROSECUTOR OFFICES SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT

ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 22, 2006 Friday 05:12 AM EST

The Russian and Armenian general prosecutor offices have signed an
agreement to consolidate cooperation in fighting against crime and
protecting human rights.

The agreement was signed in Yerevan on Friday during Russian Prosecutor
General Yuri Chaika’s working visit to Armenia, a source at the
Russian prosecutor’s office said.

The agreement is aimed at consolidating international cooperation of
the two countries to fight crime, particularly its transnational forms,
and ensuring law observance and protection of human rights and freedoms
in accordance with common principles and international law standards,
the source said.

The prosecutor offices of the two countries intend to continue to
exchange experience in fighting against organised crime, terrorism,
corruption, illegal arms and drug traffic, economic crimes, illegal
migration and other crimes representing threat for the society.

The prosecutor offices will also develop cooperation on issues of
mutual interest in implementation of international agreements on legal
assistance, including on extradition and money laundering prevention
and control over investigation and prison structures.

Assistance will be provided at a request or on the initiative of one
side, the source explained.

The new document will replace the previous agreement on assistance
and cooperation, which was signed in Moscow on January 15, 1993.

During the two-day visit, Chaika will meet with Armenian President
Robert Kocharyan and Catholicos Garegin II of All Armenians.