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MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION SIGNED BETWEEN PROSECUTOR'S GENERAL OFFICES OF ARMENIAN AND HUNGARY
Noyan Tapan
Jul 6, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Aghvan Hovsephian, the Prosecutor
General of the Republic of Armenia, and Thomas Kovach, the Prosecutor
General of Hungary, signed a memorandum of cooperation between the
Prosecutor's Offices of the two countries. With this memorandum
the sides, particularly, envisage to cooperate in preventing people
trafficking and illegal migration.
Aghvan Hovsephian mentioned that there has not been any
legal-contractual documents signed between the systems of the
prosecutor's office concerning cooperation so far: this memorandum
is the first document of that kind, the preparation of which has a
history of seven years. The RA Prosecutor General mentioned that this
document will give an opportunity to make that cooperation more active.
Aghvan Hovsephian congratulated his colleague on the occasion of
conducting a complete, comprehensive, and objective investigation
of the murder case of Gurgen Margarian, a military officer in the RA
Armed Forces, in Budapest.
"This is a bright example of the fact that any person, who has
committed a crime, cannot evade a criminal responsibility," he said.
Thomas Kovac mentioned in his turn that his country has been a member
of the European Union since 2004 and that it is ready to pass its
experience concentrated in this sphere to Armenia.
In response to a correspondent's question of whether the extradition
of Ramil Safarov, who killed G. Margarian with an axe, to Azerbaijan
is possible, Thomas Kovac mentioned that there is not such an issue
on the agenda at present, taking into consideration the fact that the
case filed against R. Safarov for submitting the collaborator of the
prison to violence is still underway.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Noyan Tapan
Jul 6, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Aghvan Hovsephian, the Prosecutor
General of the Republic of Armenia, and Thomas Kovach, the Prosecutor
General of Hungary, signed a memorandum of cooperation between the
Prosecutor's Offices of the two countries. With this memorandum
the sides, particularly, envisage to cooperate in preventing people
trafficking and illegal migration.
Aghvan Hovsephian mentioned that there has not been any
legal-contractual documents signed between the systems of the
prosecutor's office concerning cooperation so far: this memorandum
is the first document of that kind, the preparation of which has a
history of seven years. The RA Prosecutor General mentioned that this
document will give an opportunity to make that cooperation more active.
Aghvan Hovsephian congratulated his colleague on the occasion of
conducting a complete, comprehensive, and objective investigation
of the murder case of Gurgen Margarian, a military officer in the RA
Armed Forces, in Budapest.
"This is a bright example of the fact that any person, who has
committed a crime, cannot evade a criminal responsibility," he said.
Thomas Kovac mentioned in his turn that his country has been a member
of the European Union since 2004 and that it is ready to pass its
experience concentrated in this sphere to Armenia.
In response to a correspondent's question of whether the extradition
of Ramil Safarov, who killed G. Margarian with an axe, to Azerbaijan
is possible, Thomas Kovac mentioned that there is not such an issue
on the agenda at present, taking into consideration the fact that the
case filed against R. Safarov for submitting the collaborator of the
prison to violence is still underway.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress