Russia, Armenia sign cooperation pact on transnational crime

Russia, Armenia sign cooperation pact on transnational crime

July 24, 2009 Friday
RIA Novosti

The work of the Joint Panel of the Russian Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Armenian Police has been accomplished and Russian Minister
of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliyev and Chief of Armenian Police
Alik Sargsyan have signed an agreement on cooperation between the
entities in 2010, a RIA Novosti news agency correspondent reports down
the line.

The agreement was signed aboard a Russian "Imperiya" ship.

Nurgaliyev expressed his content with outcomes of the panel board.

"The panel was held constructively. I am very much content with
results, and also decisions, taken during discussion of issues. The
decisions made will allow us to perfect joint work in fighting
transnational crime in future", the Russian minister said.

At the session of the joint panel, Nurgaliyev and Sargsyan discussed
issues of countering interregional crime, including search and
detention of criminals, who had fled, and issues of cooperation
between the two agencies aimed at fighting illegal circulation of
narcotic substances and their precursors.

It is planned that issues of fighting economic and tax crime, illegal
financial operations and other legal violations of economic
orientation will be raised at the panel’s session.

Sargsyan, who had arrived on Wednesday [23 July] from Armenia, took an
interest in experience of Russian colleagues in setting up the Centre
for Traffic Monitoring and Operational Administration in Krasnodar
Territory, which is one of the elements of Bezopasnyy Gorod [Secure
City] institutional-programme complex introduced in the Russian
Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The chief of Armenian police, in particular, took interest in the
system of control over traffic flows on roads. He believes this system
has good a perspective of strengthening traffic security. Sargsyan did
not rule out that the experience of Russian colleagues will be
introduced in Armenia in the near future.

Source: RIA Novosti news agency, Moscow, in Russian 0646 gmt 23 Jul 09