Armenia’s Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan today received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden Patrik Svensson, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland Pavel Cheplak and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė.

Badasyan welcomed the Ambassadors to the Ministry of Justice and stated that the meeting serves as a good opportunity to discuss the adequate response in case of violations of fundamental human rights.

On behalf of his colleagues, Ambassador Svensson extended thanks for the opportunity to meet and stated that there is a great desire to enhance cooperation in the areas of democracy and human rights in the next few years. “Sweden supports the reforms that Armenia earmarked after the velvet revolution for human rights protection, judicial-legal reforms, rule of law and strengthening of democracy,” Svensson said.

Ambassador Stanytė-Toločkienė said the Ministry of Justice of Armenia has been the frontrunner in the implementation of reforms and congratulated Armenia on the progress made based on the results of Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index. Ambassador Cheplak seconded his colleagues and asked about the activities that the Ministry of Justice is carrying out to create anti-corruption bodies and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

During the meeting, the interlocutors attached importance to the immediate return of captives and the quick and adequate response to the gross violations of human rights. Minister Badasyan expressed gratitude to the Ambassadors for their positive assessments and provided details about the reforms in the anti-corruption field and police reforms. In this context, Badasyan attached importance to the EUR 30,000,000 that the European Union is allocating to the Government of Armenia to support the implementation of reforms in the justice sector, adding that EUR 9,000,000 of the EUR 30,000,000 has already been allocated.