YEREVAN. – The Minister of Justice of Armenia, Arpine Hovhannisyan, is in the United Kingdom (UK) on a two-day working visit.

Press Service of the Ministry of Justice informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that Hovhannisyan on Monday met in London with the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Justice, Andrew Selous.

At the talk, the Armenian minister presented the key issues regarding the establishment of a probation service in Armenia, and the respective steps that were taken. She added that the Law on Probation and State Probation Service will soon be introduced in the country.

Hovhannisyan also pointed to the need for an electronic monitoring system in Armenia and underscored the rich respective British track-record.

Selous, for his part, presented the course of introduction of the probation service in the UK, and the reforms they are going to implement in the future.

The British official also expressed his readiness to deepen cooperation with Armenia in several domains.