ARMENIA TO ADOPT ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY BY END-2008, OSCE SAYS

ARKA
Oct 24, 2008

YEREVAN, October 24. /ARKA/. Armenia’s second anti-corruption strategy
will be adopted by end-2008, said Sergey Kapinos, head of the OSCE
Office in Yerevan.

The RA Government is currently preparing the strategy, with some of
the documents being drawn up, he reported.

The struggle against corruption is a major problem that hampers
social-economic development, Kapinos said, adding the OSCE Office in
Yerevan helps the RA Government elaborate the strategy.

Two anti-corruption centers in Armenia are cooperating with public
to combat the evil of society, according to Kapinos.

The anti-corruption strategy is Armenia’s commitment to a number of
international organizations, including GRECO (Group of States against
Corruption) and the World Bank.