On October 2, 2025, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan received the delegation headed by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus Sergey Khmaruk.

The delegation arrived in Armenia to participate in the 10^th jubilee meeting of the CIS Anti-Corruption Interstate Council, which will take place in Yerevan on October 3, 2025.

Anna Vardapetyan welcomed the guests at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia and noted that the Council was an important platform, including in the format of bilateral meetings, for discussing issues related to combating corruption.

“The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, assuming the chairmanship of the Council, will continue to work together with other members on the development of anti-corruption mechanisms,” the Prosecutor General stated, highlighting the importance of coordinated efforts in this context.

The Deputy Prosecutor General of Belarus expressed his gratitude to Anna Vardapetyan for the warm welcome.

During the meeting, a number of other issues of mutual interest were also discussed.

Anti-Corruption Interstate Council was established on the basis of the Agreement on the formation of the Interstate Anti-Corruption Council dated October 25, 2013, signed by the heads of six CIS member states. It functions as a sectoral cooperation body of the CIS and reports to the Council of Heads of State of the CIS.

The members of the Council include the Prosecutor Generals of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan, National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency of Uzbekistan; and the Director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of Tajikistan.