Baku, 27 April 2011. Head of the Anti-Corruption Department with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev and Director of the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania Žimantas Pacevičius signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Detection and Disclosure of Corruption Offences and Corruption Prevention Activities.
The memorandum was signed in the Azerbaijani capital during an official visit to Baku of the Prosecutor General Darius Valys of the Republic of Lithuania and the Director of the main anti-corruption body in Lithuania, the Special Investigation Service (STT).
‘I am glad that starting from July 2009, while implementing the EU funded Twinning project „Support for the Anti-Corruption Department with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan“, STT have built a professional, trust-based relationship with ACD officers and that our law enforcement experience contributed to the reforms of the anticorruption sector in Azerbaijan. Further cooperation between the two bodies institutions is particularly important and both parties agree that this work has to be pursued after the Twining project is completed’, said Director Žimantas Pacevičius.
In opinion of Mr. Pacevičius, the laws signed by the Azerbaijani President giving ACD a possibility to launch operational activities as well as the decisions made by the decree of the President increasing the number of staff of ACD are very important and necessary steps. He also believes that it is very important that the opinions of the of Lithuanian officials were shared by the Azeri officials in charge of the necessary reforms. As a result they implemented the changes suggested by the Lithuanian experts.
The Twinning project will continue until 23 December 2011. The goal of the project is to contribute to the on-going activities of building capacities in the Anti-Corruption Department with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ACD) and to share the EU and Lithuania‘s experience in combating corruption.
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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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