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18 December 2009 - 12:01 AMT

Certain success in struggle against trafficking registered in Armenia past over 1,5 years

Over the part 1,5 years, Armenia has reached certain success in struggle against trafficking due to consistent governmental policy, head of Migration Service at RA Ministry of Territorial Administration Gagik Yeghanyan said.

“According to annual U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, a certain progress was registered in Armenia,” he told a news conference in Yerevan.

Mr. Yeganyan reminded that on December 5, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash signed a memorandum of understanding “On cooperation against human exploitation”.

“The memorandum will allow Armenian and UAE state structures in charge of the issue to establish direct collaboration to implement coordinated steps and provide operational information exchange,” Yeghanyan concluded.