Wednesday, November 14 2018 13:56

ArmInfo.Armenian Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan, who is on a working visit to Iran, met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo,  Montazeri noted that the Armenian- Iranian relations based on mutual  trust and centuries-old friendship make it possible, based on the  existing regulatory framework, to discuss prospects for further  deepening interaction between the prosecutor's offices of the two  countries, and also to develop mechanisms and means of solving work  issues in the field of mutual legal assistance in the fight against  crime.

In his turn, Davtyan expressed his conviction that this meeting would  be the beginning of a new stage in cooperation between the two  departments, and would contribute to the further development and  strengthening of interaction between the law enforcement structures  of the two countries.

The meeting discussed both the prospects for interaction with the  prosecutor's offices of neighboring countries, as well as concrete  steps to improve the practice of mutual legal assistance.

The Prosecutor Generals of Armenia and Iran discussed the issue of  the possible optimization of the deadlines for submitting  applications for legal assistance in criminal matters. It was noted  that after their meeting in St. Petersburg in this direction positive  trends were recorded, but there is a need to accelerate the process.

Following the meeting, the parties signed a cooperation agreement for  2019-2020 between the prosecutor's offices of Armenia and Iran, which  provides for holding a number of events in Yerevan and Tehran.  They  relate to practical issues of cooperation in the field of extradition  and legal assistance in criminal cases initiated on the facts of  illegal import of narcotic drugs and illegal drug trafficking, as  well as the identification, seizure, confiscation and return of  assets as a result of criminal offenses and the exchange of  experience.  "I am convinced that as a result of the implementation  of our cooperation program, the prosecutors of our states, in  addition to sharing practical and theoretical knowledge with each  other, will be able to develop further cooperation between the two  prosecutor's offices through personal contacts", Davtyan said,  concluding by inviting his Iranian counterpart to Armenia.