Artsakh President convenes working consultation with leadership of  law enforcement agencies

ArmInfo. On February 6, President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan convened a working consultation with the leadership of the law enforcement  agencies, the press service of the Artsakh President reports.  

Issues facing the law enforcement system of the republic and measures  taken to overcome them were on the discussion agenda.  

In his remarks, the Head of the State touched upon the activity of  the law enforcement agencies following the 44-day war of 2020,  emphasizing that thanks to their professional work, it was possible  to return the country's domestic life to normal in a short period of  time. The President expressed his gratitude to the representatives of  the system for fulfilling their official duties with high  responsibility, unconditionally complying with the constitutional  principle of the supremacy of law.  

"Never think that your work goes unnoticed, it is appreciated by both  the people and the state", Arayik Harutyunyan said.  

Referring to the efforts undertaken to ensure stability and security  of domestic life in the republic, the President highlighted that  there is still a lot to be done, starting from increasing the level  of discipline in public life to the fight against crime.  

"I admit that numerous issues are merely artificial and are often  conditioned by my silence. But I assure you in many matters and  situations the silence of the supreme state authority is not a sign  of inaction, but rather a necessity. We must fully assess the  situation we are living in and understand that very often not  everything needs to be voiced," the President noted.  

During the consultation, President Harutyunyan set a number of tasks  for the law enforcement agencies based on the complaints and concerns  received from the public:  a) to intensify the efforts made in the  direction of bringing the level of legal security and protection of  the legal order to a qualitatively new dimension in Artsakh, as well  as improving the state of public safety in public places,  b) to take all measures within the scope of their authority to  prevent all steps and actions leading to internal division, inciting  enmity towards each other, internal instability by using objective  concerns and discontent of people, and to give a legal assessment to  criminal manifestations of such actions.

The Head of State also emphasized the need to pay close attention to  phenomena that are in the spotlight of the public.

In particular, the President instructed the relevant structures to  take all operational- investigative measures to detect any criminal  violation in the process of providing financial resources for the  repayment of credit obligations to the banks of those economic  entities that had business programs in the territories that went  under the control of Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the 44-day war of  2020, and to bring the persons who committed the violations to  responsibility.

President Harutyunyan also noted the need for taking all measures  towards identifying the persons who embezzled the funds provided by  the Artsakh Investment and Village and Agriculture Support Funds  especially after November 2020, used them for no purpose or  maliciously evaded their payment as well as compensation for damage  caused to the funds and the state.  

Secretary of the Security Council Samvel Shahramanyan, head of the  President's Office Karen Shahramanyan, and other officials partook in  the consultation.