RA Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan today received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin. Issues related to the development of relations between the two countries in the field of criminal justice were discussed.

Mr. Kopirkin emphasized the need to further strengthen ties between the law enforcement systems of the two countries and the willingness of the Russian Embassy to assist in this matter.

The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia highly appreciated the existing cooperation between the Prosecutor’s Offices of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation in both bilateral and multilateral formats, which fully corresponds to the high level and spirit of allied, friendly relations between the two states.

Artur Davtyan emphasized that in 2006 To date, the cooperation programs established between RA and RF prosecutor’s offices at the level of general prosecutors provide ample opportunities to improve professional resources through joint measures, to create a more immediate environment for increasing the effectiveness of legal mutual assistance, and to outline new directions for expanding the scope of cooperation.

During the meeting, the problems related to the activation of the movement of citizens and services between friendly countries, the application of more effective mechanisms for the criminal legal protection of the rights of citizens in each other’s countries, the detection of persons evading justice, and the increase of joint efforts in the fight against crimes of a transnational nature were also discussed.

An agreement was reached to make such meetings more frequent in order to solve the issues on the agenda more promptly.

The Prosecutor General of RA also expressed his condolences to the Ambassador regarding the tragic death of Sahak Karapetyan, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Artur Davtyan noted that it was a great loss for the prosecutor’s office of Armenia, because the highly professional Armenian figure with his multi-skilled work, especially in the last decade due to the nature of his activities, greatly contributed to the development of relations between the prosecution structures of the two countries.