ArmInfo. On February 17, RA Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan received French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacote. This was reported by the press service of the ministry.
During the meeting, the Minister thanked the Ambassador for the great assistance provided to Armenia by France in the framework of the European Union, and noted the importance of success in the field of legal cooperation on the basis of the agreements reached in Strasbourg last October with the French Minister of Justice. Lacote expressed his readiness for the development of interaction and asked the Minister for priorities in the judicial sector. The Minister touched on the need to verify the integrity of judges, provided for by the judicial strategy, the functions of the commission to prevent corruption in this matter, the procedures for appointing new judges, and a number of other issues.
At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached on the development of cooperation in a number of areas.