European side donates 4 drones to Ministry of Internal Affairs of  Armenia

ArmInfo.The European side donated 4 civilian drones to Armenia to support the strengthening of  the intelligence and surveillance capabilities of the specialized services of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs in the fight against organized crime. This was reported by the press service of the French Embassy in Armenia.

The diplomatic mission informed that the donation process took place  on July 13 this year with the participation of the French Ambassador  to the Republic of Armenia  Anne Louyot  and the attach‚ for internal  security in the South Caucasus Olivier Lefebvre with the support of  the European Union Delegation to Armenia.

"The donation of equipment, funded by the European Commission (DG  NEAR) and the European Police Agency (EUROPO Lunder the European  program to combat organized crime in the Eastern Partnership region  (including 6 Black Sea countries), is part of the cooperation  activities carried out by the European Multidisciplinary Platform  Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) and its prioritized Organized  Property Crime (OPC), which is managed by the French Ministry of the  Interior with the support of the National Police and the Spanish  Civil Guard.