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Minister: Armenia will not give out its citizen to Israel

Minister: Armenia will not give out its citizen to Israel

ArmInfo.The Armenian Constitution does not allow extraditing citizens to third countries. Armenian Minister of Justice Artak Zeynalyan stated this in an  interview with journalists, answering a question about the  possibility of transferring the former Assistant Minister of Tourism  of this country, which is a RA citizen, to Israel.

On March 2, the Armenian police in Yerevan's Zvartnots airport  detained a 24-year-old Mary Aghajanyan, a passenger from Tbilisi, who  was wanted by Israeli law enforcers through Interpol on fraud  charges.

"The Constitution of Armenia prohibits the extradition of RA citizens  to third countries. Now Armenia and Israel are working towards mutual  recognition of judicial acts. If there is such a possibility, the  judicial act will be recognized," the minister explained.  He once  again stressed that the possibility of issuing Aghajanyan is out of  the question, adding that she is now in Armenia.  According to  Israeli media, Aghajanyan was the head of the office of the Minister  of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov. According to the materials of the case,  she promised new repatriates (Russian-speaking pensioners) social  housing out of turn for bribes. The size of the funds received by  fraud is estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels (1 shekel - $  0.28). In Israel, she was sentenced to 26 months in prison for fraud.  Aghajanyan managed to leave Israel on an Armenian foreign passport.  The prosecutor's office "missed" her one year after departure.  There  is no bilateral extradition treaty between Armenia and Israel, the  issue is regulated within the framework of the European Convention on  Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.  Clause 2 of Article 55  of the Constitution of Armenia states: "A citizen of the Republic of  Armenia may not be extradited to a foreign state, with the exception  of cases provided for by international treaties ratified by the  Republic of Armenia." 

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