The Office of the Prosecutor General of Armenia and the European Public Prosecutor's Office have signed a working agreement on cooperation.
11-09-2026 15:53 Armenia Press release
On September 11, 2026, in Luxembourg, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Anna Vardapetyan, and the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, signed a working agreement on cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the European Prosecutor's Office. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia.
The purpose of the document is to strengthen cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the European Prosecutor's Office in the field of investigations and criminal prosecutions carried out within their jurisdictions.
The event was also attended by Tigran Balayan, the head of the Republic of Armenia's representation in the European Union and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The working agreement places special emphasis on combating financial crimes, considering the need for effective protection of the financial interests of the Republic of Armenia and the European Union.
According to the working agreement, the Parties will provide each other with maximum support in obtaining information and evidence within the framework of specific cases, in accordance with applicable national legislation and relevant international legal documents.
Important areas of cooperation also include the freezing, confiscation, and forfeiture of assets acquired through criminal means. The Parties may also cooperate in the format of joint investigative teams, within their jurisdictions and in accordance with applicable legal regulations.
The working agreement also provides for the conduct of joint training, cooperation in organizing seminars, workshops, and conferences, as well as mutual technical and other support.
The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Anna Vardapetyan, emphasizing the significance of the signed document that brings cooperation with the European Prosecutor's Office to a qualitatively new level, stated: “Financial crimes often transcend the borders of a single state, and the movement of proceeds of crime can pass through multiple jurisdictions. Therefore, their effective detection and the recovery of assets acquired through criminal means require rapid, coordinated, and reliable cooperation between law enforcement agencies. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia values the establishment of this new level of cooperation with the European Prosecutor's Office. I am confident that the working agreement will have practical significance in terms of enhancing the effectiveness of the protection of EU financial interests and in the fight against financial crimes of interest to both the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. Our goal is to ensure that the illicit transfer of criminal activity and unlawfully acquired assets to other countries does not become a guarantee of impunity.”
The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, commenting on the agreement, stated: “Today, together with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, we have reached an agreement on how we will cooperate in combating crimes that have harmed the EU budget through fraud. Criminals do not stop at borders, and neither will we. We will follow the money they have fraudulently stolen, no matter where they hide it, and we will return those funds.”
The working agreement comes into effect today, September 11, 2026.
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