RA and Iranian law enforcement agencies resolve for joint struggle against drug traffickingSeptember 8, 2009 - 22:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met Iranian Ambassador to RA Seyed Ali Saghaeyan. Parties focused on law enforcement agencies' collaboration issues, emphasizing the importance of collaboration against drug trafficking. RA Prosecutor General, noting that drugs are usually imported to Armenia from Iran, stressed that Armenian law enforcement agencies have sufficient potential to prevent Armenia from becoming a transit zone for drug trafficking. He expressed a hope for further assistance of Iranian law enforcement agencies in discovery of drug dealers. Seyed Ali Saghaeyan thanked the Prosecutor for collaboration and invited him to visit Iran. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |