ArmInfo.Within the framework of his official visit to Egypt, RA Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan met with Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority of the Arab Republic of Egypt Hassan Abdul Shafi Ahmed Abdul Ghani.
According to the press service of the RA Prosecutor General's Office, the meeting discussed issues of expanding cooperation between the two bodies in the field of transnational crime, especially corruption, money laundering and asset recovery.
Artur Davtyan highlighted the fact that his visit takes place at a time when Egypt is chairing the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption. The Egyptian Administrative Control Authority, headed by Hassan Abdul Shafi Ahmed Abdul Ghani, who chaired a regular meeting of the conference last year, plays a key role in the country's law enforcement system, especially in the fight against corruption. Considering this circumstance, Artur Davtyan expressed hope that the parties will be able to work out stable structures of mutual assistance both in bilateral and multilateral sectors.
He stressed that the fight against corruption, in this context, the return of assets illegally taken out of Armenia is currently one of the unconditional priorities of the RA Prosecutor's Office. To this end, the RA Prosecutor's Office is expanding its international cooperation, where cooperation with Egypt is a possible step towards establishing a new quality of legal relations with the Arab world. Hassan Abdul Shafi Ahmed Abdul Ghani confirmed the interest of the body headed by him in further deepening cooperation with the RA Prosecutor's Office in the fight against crimes considered a priority for both countries.