YEREVAN, APRIL 22, NOYAN TAPAN. At the April 21 sitting of the RA Council on Fight against Corruption, which was conducted by the Council Chairman, RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, issues related to the Group of States aganist Corruption (GRECO) recommendations presented to the Republic of Armenia, the process of implementing the RA anticorruption strategy and the program on its measures, amendments to the program and other issues were discussed. According to Chairman of the Monitoring Commission on Implementation of Anticorruption Strategy, Advisor to the Armenian President Bagrat Esayan, more than 20 recommendations of the GRECO were made available to all the ministries and departments of Armenia. Based on the answers received, a schedule of measure implementation was worked out, and it was proposed including it in the RA anticorruption strategy. B. Esayan said that during its recent visit to Armenia, the Council of Europe mission expressed a willingness to provide comprehensice technical assistance with fulfilment of the CRECO recommendations in Armenia. In connection with the completion of the current RA anticorruption program in 2007, the monitoring commission discussed a draft revised program. According to the RA Government Information and PR Department, a decision was made to publish it in the mass media, and taking into account the observations and proposals to be put forward during pubic discussions within the next 6 months, to assign the RA ministries and departments to develop a new anticorruption program to be implemented in the country in the next three years.

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