U.S. AMBASSADOR AND PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF THE RA SIGNED TWO NEW PROTOCOLS

ArmInfo
2009-09-16 16:44:00

ArmInfo. On September 16, U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch and
Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan signed two Protocols on
the amendment to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement between the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of Armenia.

These are the ninth and tenth amendments to the Letter of Agreement,
and under them the U.S. Government will provide additional assistance
to the Government of Armenia in the amount of $2,286,050 for several
assistance programs.

These funds will support a number of Armenian institutions and
bilateral projects: the forensic laboratory of the National Academy of
Sciences’ National Bureau of Expertises, the Central Bank’s Financial
Monitoring Center, a Resident Legal Adviser from the U.S. Department of
Justice, a legal socialization project carried out by the NGO Project
Harmony, the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative,
assistance for victims of human trafficking, and development of law
enforcement academies in Armenia.

Since the signing of the original Letter of Agreement on June 11,
2001, the United States has provided over twelve million dollars of
justice sector assistance to the Government of Armenia through the
Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section.