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The Prosecutor General of Armenia has received the delegation of the Prosecutor’s Office of Greece

30/06/2025

Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan today received Panagiota Fakou, the Head of the delegation of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Hellenic Republic, at the Prosecutor's Office residence located in Dilijan.

 

It should be noted that the delegation arrived in Armenia to participate in the two-day international high-level conference entitled “Independence and Impartiality of Prosecutors in the Context of Prosecution of Crimes Committed by Public Officials: Corruption and Money Laundering”, launched on July 1, 2025, in Dilijan, on the occasion of the 107th anniversary of the establishment of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Day of Employee of the Prosecutor's Office.

 

The Prosecutor General noted that the Agreement “On Legal Assistance in the Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters”, signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Hellenic Republic in Athens on November 21, 2000, is still in force. In addition, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Prosecutor General's Offices of the two countries on July 3, 2018. Armenia also works effectively with Greece within the framework of Eurojust.

 

In this context, Anna Vardapetyan expressed her gratitude for fulfilling about 90% of requests for legal assistance in criminal proceedings addressed to the competent authorities of Greece over the past 4 years and suggested the colleagues continuing joint efforts aimed at the seizure and further management of property acquired in Greece with funds illegally transferred from Armenia.

 

The Greek delegation expressed gratitude for the invitation and warm welcome and emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation and relations with Armenia.

 

It should be recalled that the Conference is organized within the framework of the projects “Support to the Justice Reform in Armenia” and “Enhancing National Capacities for Effective Prevention and Fight Against Economic Crime in Armenia”, co-financed by of the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Partnership for Good Governance”, implemented by the Council of Europe.