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NEW VERGES OF ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN COOPERATION

[07:38 pm] 14 April, 2006

`There can be no judicial reforms in the country
without the will of the political leaders,’ announced
Constantine Kublashvili, the head of the Supreme Court
of Georgia, during a joint press conference in Yerevan
with the head of the RA Court of Cassation.

Before the press conference the two officials signed a
memorandum about `Mutual cooperation and exchange of
judicial information’. `The memorandum will contribute
to our cooperation, the organization of different
joint conferences and seminars, which will allow our
countries to use more efficient mechanisms while
realizing judicial reforms and to avoid the mistakes
made by the neighbors,’ said Hovhannes Manoukyan, head
of the RA Court of Cassation.

Hovhannes Manoukyan was interested in the experience
of Georgia in the combat against corruption.
Constantine Kublashvili informed that during the
judicial reforms in Georgia 15 decisions have been
made against high officials.

Mr. Manoukyan was also interested in the salary of the
Georgian judges, `The salary of the Georgian judges is
twice as much as that of the Armenian judges, but even
that is enough got the independence of the judges’.

By the way, at the end of April a joint seminar will
be held in Tbilisi with the participation of the court
system representative of the Transcaucasian countries
on the initiative of the German court system.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress