YEREVAN, JUNE 20, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 20, Aghvan Hovsepian, the Armenian Prosecutor General, and Anthony Godfrey, the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia, signed a Protocol on making an addendum to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Cooperation, which was signed by the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Armenia. The original letter of agreement was signed on June 11, 2001 and since then the Government of America has provided over seven million U.S dollars to Armenia. According to the fifth addendum, Armenia will be given an amount of 2m 629 thousand U.S. dollars, 1m 616 thousand and 927 of which will be provided to the RA Government for implementing a number of projects. Particularly, 200 thousand dollars will be given for the implementation of the project against trafficking and about 1m 12 thousand U.S. dollars will be provided for technical assistance projects and educational programs to be implemented by American agencies. Anthony Godfrey mentioned that the U.S. Government expects a long-lasting and beneficial cooperation with the law enforcement bodies of Armenia. In response to the question of a journalist, Aghvan Hovsepian did not agree to the fact that the mark given to Armenia in the report of the U.S. State Department concerning Trafficking was a negative one: there were positive aspects, as well as negative nuances in the report. In the estimation of the Armenian Prosecutor General, essential steps have been taken in the sphere of the struggle against trafficking. A. Godfrey added in his turn that though important measures have been taken, it is still necessary to continue the work done in this direction.

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