US STATE DEPARTMENT: ARMENIA ACTIVELY FIGHTS TERROR

PanARMENIAN.Net - «Armenia was a full and active participant of the fight against terror in 2004 as before,» the US State Department Threat of Terrorism in Foreign States Annual Report says. «In December 2004 the National Assembly of Armenia passed a law against money laundering and financing terrorism, as well as carried out work to make the Armenian legislation comply international standards,» the document says. According to the report, Armenian frontier guards discovered 42 grams of radioactive substances, which were not suitable for using in the production of arms. In spite of these substances were not meant for terrorist activities to all appearance, by that Armenian frontier guards showed their capacity to find and neutralize nuclear substances,» the document says. The report also notes that the Central Bank of Armenia has fully cooperated in detection and freezing of bank accounts of terrorists, however, no such accounts were found in Armenia in 2004.