CE approves continuous funding of projects implemented by Armenia`s  Ministry of Interior - Maxime Longangue

ArmInfo.  Head of the  Yerevan Office of the Council of Europe Maxime Longangue, at a  meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia Arpine  Sargsyan, expressed confidence that the existing cooperation between  the two structures will be strengthened and expanded.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, he said  that the Council of Europe has approved the continuous funding of  projects implemented with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and  considers this a priority.

Touching upon the support of the Council of Europe in the framework  of projects implemented jointly with the Ministry of Internal  Affairs, Longange highly appreciated the exceptional cooperation in  the direction of the Police Guard and expressed readiness to continue  cooperation in the process of forming the unit, developing the  sub-legislative sphere and training officers, emphasizing the joint  achievements recorded in the legislative sphere.

Having expressed high appreciation for the bilateral cooperation,  Sargsyan thanked for the support. In the issue of the formation of  the Police Guard, the Minister of Internal Affairs emphasized not  only the importance of improving the legislative framework, but also  its consistent and effective application.

Touching upon the new standard of the use of force in Armenia,  Sargsyan emphasized the effectiveness of the mechanisms for recording  torture and other manifestations of ill-treatment, as well as the  effectiveness of joint training of the Police, the Investigative  Committee and the ambulance.

The head of the Yerevan office of the Council of Europe also touched  upon the achievements recorded by the ECHR and the Committee for the  Prevention of Torture in the sphere of the Ministry of Internal  Affairs.

The parties also discussed issues of cooperation in the field of  migration and citizenship, prevention of domestic and gender-based  violence, protection of the rights of forcibly displaced persons from  Nagorno- Karabakh, and the implementation of decisions of the  European Court of Human Rights.