Armenia highlights importance of expanding cooperation with U.S. FBI

ArmInfo.  In Armenia, they note the importance of the US Embassy's participation in the reforms being implemented in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. This was discussed at a meeting between the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Armen  Mkrtchyan and the attache of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in  Armenia and Georgia Alexander Tiguin and the investigator of the  Foreign Criminal Investigation Division of the Diplomatic Security  Service of the US Department of State Tigran Petrosyan.

As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs  of the Republic of Armenia, having congratulated Armen Mkrtchyan on  assuming the responsible position, Alexander Tiguin expressed  confidence that the existing warm and effective cooperation between  the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the  Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US Department of Justice, as  well as the US Embassy in Armenia will be expanded.

Armen Mkrtchyan pointed out the importance of the US Embassy's  participation in the reforms being implemented in the Ministry of  Internal Affairs. The Deputy Minister also thanked the previous Legal  Attache Heather Bergey for the close cooperation between the Ministry  and the US FBI. The Deputy Minister noted the effectiveness of the  training courses organized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in  Armenia, the measures to identify wanted persons and improve the  professional knowledge of employees involved in the field of  cybersecurity. He also presented to Alexander Tiguin the ongoing  reforms in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in particular, the  process of creating a criminal police, emphasizing the need to deepen  cooperation in the areas of drug trafficking, cybercrime, money  laundering and illegal migration.