High law enforcement officials from Lithuania to visit Baku
2011, April 26
On April 27–28 the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania Darius Valys and the head of Special Investigation Service (STT) of this county Žimantas Pacevičius are going to visit Baku.
The delegation will visit Azerbaijan in accordance with the Prosecutor‘s General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Zakir Garalov invitation to discuss the questions concerning EU funded Twinning Project „Support for the Anti-Corruption Department with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan“ and the further cooperation.
Officers are planning to sign cooperation memorandum between Anti-Corruption Department with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Lithuanian Special Investigation Service.
The delegation is expected to meet with the Prosecutor General, the Chairman of High Court and the Chairman of Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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EU, Azerbaijan cooperate in anti-corruption struggle
The anti-corruption struggle is an important part of the EU-Azerbaijan cooperation , EU Baku Mission Head Roland Kobia said this week at a joint project with the Special Investigation Service of Lithuania.
“This project will contribute to the fight against corruption. Corruption is recorded everywhere, but it has different levels in each country. Recently we observe how corruption harms country, citizens and companies. The problem is that corruption and bribery has no boundaries, it is accompanied by negative consequences in each country. Events in the Middle East are evidnece to this,” Kobia said.
She said corruption creates a very serious problem, contributing to inflation and influencing on political and economic stability of the countries.
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