Armenian Government to Create Anti-Corruption Agency

Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan at a press conference in Yerevan on Jan. 13, 2017 (Photo: Photolur)

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)””The Armenian government plans to set up a new agency that will be tasked with preventing and combating corruption, Prime Minister Karen Karapetian told a senior European Union diplomat on Tuesday.

Karapetian met with Piotr Switalski, head of the EU Delegation in Yerevan, to discuss his cabinet’s anti-corruption efforts.

“Talking about future plans, the Prime Minister said a new legislative package has been developed to create an independent preventive anti-corruption authority based on the terms of reference of the State Commission for the Ethics of High-Ranking Officials,”