ARMENIA, POLAND SET TO EXPAND COOPERATION ON FIGHTING ORGANIZED CRIME
Arminfo
1 Jun 07
Yerevan, 1 June: "The visit of the Polish delegation gives a new
impetus to the development of Armenian-Polish relations," Armenian
Police Chief Col-Gen Hayk Harutyunyan, said at his meeting with
the members of a Polish delegation led by Interior Minister Janusz
Kaczmarek on 30 May.
The Police press service reported that Harutyunyan has proposed to
discuss the issue of signing a protocol of cooperation in accordance
with the intergovernmental agreement on fighting organized crime
signed between Armenia and Poland in Warsaw in 2004. Harutyunyan thinks
that the signing of the protocol will contribute to the expansion of
cooperation and the exchange of experience.
Speaking about the work on finding persons wanted by police,
Harutyunyan said that two individuals, wanted by the Armenian
law-enforcement agencies, were found and arrested in Poland in
2006-07. Another 15 individuals, wanted by the Polish law-enforcement
agencies were found in the same period.
[Passage omitted: Polish minister praised friendship between the two
nations; the delegation has met other Armenian officials, including
Prime Minister Sargsyan]