Armenia signs new agreement with Eurojust

Armenia and the European Union Agency for Criminal Cooperation, better known as Eurojust, signed a cooperation agreement in Yerevan on Monday.

The document was signed by Armenian Justice Minister Grigor Minasyan, the country’s Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan and Eurojust President Ladislav Hamran, who is visiting Yerevan.

“Today we have completed the most important phase of the agreement with Eurojust, as we now have the actual implementation process on the ground. This takes our fight against transnational crime to a new level, enabling cooperation between leading institutions and introducing a completely new toolkit for fighting crime,” said Minasyan, the Minister of Justice.

He said the document is evidence of the government’s work on legal reforms.

“The focus of this agreement is data sharing. All our partners and departments must strive for this new milestone, ensuring that our data and databases meet the necessary standards for secure and highly protected transmission,” Minasyan added.

Armenia will have a Prosecutor for Cooperation at Eurojust. The document regulates the details regarding the assignment of that role, including the scope of their activities. Once signed, a transparent process will start for selecting the prosecutor in cooperation with the Public Prosecution Service.

“Today you are the 14th non-EU Member State to join Eurojust, and that also means that you can assign a coordinating or staff prosecutor to our headquarters in The Hague,” said Hamran, the President of Eurojust.