On 4 April, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan received newly appointed US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Lynne Tracy, reports the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Justice.

Artak Zeynalyan welcomed the ambassador to the Ministry of Justice and congratulated her on her appointment, wishing her success and fruitful work in her diplomatic mission. The minister highly appreciated the current level of the close cooperation between the US Embassy and the Ministry of Justice, particularly in the fight against corruption and expressed confidence that there was great potential to enhance the partnership in different directions.

The ambassador expressed gratitude to the minister for the reception and assured that the partnership between the ministry and the embassy would continue and that they would take advantage of all the opportunities to enhance the partnership.

During the meeting, the parties discussed a broad range of issues of mutual interest, including issues related to the fight against corruption, guaranteeing of the right to a fair trial, judicial-legal reforms, the programs under implementation with the support of the USAID, bankruptcy reforms, the introduction of alternative mechanisms for settlement of disputes, the opportunities for joint programs in the criminal justice sector, as well as the improvement of conditions for keeping convicts and capacity-building of the Probation Service.

At the end of the meeting, Minister Zeynalyan and Ambassador Tracy reaffirmed their willingness to enhance cooperation.