EU to continue assisting Armenia in fight against corruption

The “Stop Corruption” information campaign kicked off in Armenia, organized by the EU, aimed at raising awareness about corruption and presenting the EU’s actions in his direction. Ambassador Piotr Switalski, Head of the EU delegation to Armenia,  said the EU will continue assisting the efforts of the Government of Armenia and the civil society in the fight against corruption.

“This year allows us to make a step forward. This is due to the fact that the Armenian Government has raised the fight against corruption to a rather high level in its agenda, several legislative initiatives have been adopted, and appropriate measures have been taken to introduce the necessary tools in the fight against corruption. We also have a very professional and purposeful civil society which is actively involved in the works. There is no need to prove that corruption is a global problem. There isn’t a country which doesn’t deal with corruption challenges, and Armenia is one of them. Some countries deal with it better, some don’t,” the Ambassador said.

He expressed conviction that the success of the efforts depends on the responsibility of citizens. The awareness campaign has been designed in cooperation of the Government, several experts in the fight against corruption and well as representatives of the civil society