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Prosecutor-General of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan and Italian Military Prosecutor-General at the Supreme Court of Cassation Maurizio Block have signed a MoU.
The document provides for enhanced cooperation between the Military Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia and the Italian Military Prosecutor General’s Office, the Prosecutor-General's Office reported.
Ambassador of Armenia to Italy, Vladimir Karapetyan, the Military Prosecutor/Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia, Grigor Elizbaryan, and Deputy Prosecutor General Yeghiazar Avagyan, among others, also attended the signing ceremony.
Vardapetyan congratulated the attendees on the occasion of the signing of the Memorandum and emphasized that the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia strives to ensure close cooperation with international and regional professional organizations, as well as with the prosecutorial bodies of other countries.
“This cooperation allows the professional capabilities of prosecutors to be aligned with international standards, as well as to ensure faster and closer collaboration with our foreign partners in the context of specific criminal cases," said the Prosecutor General of Armenia, adding that the signing of the document is the result of the agreement reached in Armenia in 2024 with Maurizio Block.
“The purpose of the Memorandum is to expand the framework of effective cooperation between the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Military Prosecutor’s Office at the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy in areas of common interest in the field of criminal prosecution of military cases. By signing this Memorandum, we further strengthen our already established cooperation and commit to carrying out more targeted and multifaceted collaboration in the future,” emphasized Anna Vardapetyan.
The areas of cooperation outlined in the Memorandum are comprehensive. They include, among other things, the provision and exchange of information regarding legal acts and practical activities.