Armenian Police and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs will  more actively exchange information

ArmInfo.The Armenian Police and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs will more actively exchange information.

On July 22, the government meeting approved the proposal to ratify the "Agreement between the Government of the Russian  Federation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on  information interaction and exchange of information in electronic  form on issues within the competence of the internal affairs bodies  of the Russian Federation and the Police of the Republic of Armenia."

As noted in the document, the RA Police have been exchanging  information since 1992 on the basis of the Agreement on Relations  between the Ministries of Internal Affairs in the Field of  Information Exchange (signed in Cholpon-Ata on August 3, 1992), as  well as on the basis of Interstate Agreements on the Exchange of  Information in fight against crime, signed in Astana in 2009.

"However, the above acts do not provide an opportunity to join the  network of law enforcement agencies of the CIS member states" CIS  Criminalistics ", exchange information through it, and gain access to  additional information resources online (the CIS Information Bank  array)," the document says. To facilitate the operational exchange of  information between the two departments, as well as to gain access to  information resources on the Internet, in 2017, an Agreement was  developed and signed between the Government of the Republic of  Armenia and the Government of the Russian Federation on information  cooperation and electronic exchange of information.

The agreement will allow, in particular, to provide, receive  information in electronic form; ensure the security of information  received under the Agreement in accordance with the legislation of  each Party to international treaties to which they are parties. It is  noted that the information received in accordance with the Agreement  will be used exclusively for official purposes and will not be  transferred to a third party without the prior written consent of the  competent authority of the State Party that provided the information.