U.S. Government Donates $2.4 Million in Assistance to Law Enforcementin Armenia

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July 12, 2005
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U.S. Government Donates $2.4 Million in Assistance to Law Enforcement in Armenia
On July 13, 2005 U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans and Armenian
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan will sign the Protocol on
Amendment to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement between the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of Armenia.
Under this amendment, the U.S. Government will provide $2,411,000.00 to
the Government of Armenia for six projects. These projects will include
regional law enforcement computer network development, law enforcement
academy development, counter-trafficking in persons assistance,
Border Guard and Customs regional training facilities development,
criminal law reform program, and legal socialization program.
Since the signing of the original Letter of Agreement on June 11, 2001,
the Government of the United States has provided over $5 million for
law enforcement assistance in Armenia. Some of the projects completed
or nearing completion include installing computer classrooms and other
classroom equipment in the Police Academy, Police Training Center
and the Procuracy Training Center; providing computer equipment to
the Anti-Trafficking offices at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
Procuracy, and the Forensic Lab; and providing evidence collection
equipment to the police, the Police Academy and the Forensic Lab. The
U.S. Embassy remains committed to working with the Government of
Armenia to help modernize the criminal justice system in Armenia.
U.S. Ambassador John Evans and Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan
Hovsepyan sign an amendment granting $2.4 million to the Government
of Armenia.
U.S. Ambassador John Evans and Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan
Hovsepyan toast in celebration of the signing of the Protocal Amendment
to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.
U.S. Ambassador John Evans and Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan
Hovsepyan answer questions from the press.