YEREVAN. – A protocol was signed Monday, at Armenia’s  Chief Prosecutor’s Office, on extending the term of the agreement on cooperation, between the Governments of US and Armenia, in drug control and developing Armenia’s legal system.    

Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan and US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern signed this document. 

In Hovsepyan’s words, the American side will allocate $2.5 million for this program. And this amount will be used for improving Armenia’s expertise center, combating trafficking and corruption, improving the prison system, and designing a new Criminal Code.     

In his turn, Ambassador John Heffern expressed a satisfaction over the improvement of this domain in Armenia, and noted that this is an important part of the bilateral cooperation.

To note, this is the fourteenth such document signed ever since the aforesaid agreement’s ratification on June 11, 2001. And, over the course of these years, the US has allocated a total of $12 million to Armenia along the lines of this agreement.