Piotr Switalski is committed to fighting corruption in Armenia

ArmInfo. The head of the EU delegation to Armenia, Piotr Switalski, is committed to combating corruption in Armenia.

Responding to a question about Transparency International's 

non-optimistic assessments of the situation with corruption in 

Armenia, Switalski said at a press conference in Yerevan on June 20: 

"I am personally committed to the issue of fighting corruption in 

Armenia. We, like the EU, in various ways, in particular through 

financial agreements, have provided real assistance to this issue. 

We, do not lose hope, optimism for the future. Of course, the 

estimates of Transparency International, a non-governmental 

international organization for fighting corruption, are rather 

pessimistic. But I came here to express our preliminary positive 

assessment of the legislative package that was recently adopted by 

the RA Parliament, in particular, regarding the activities of the 

anti-corruption agency, and the expansion of the framework for 

submitting income statements by officials. A professional appraisal 

of activity will be given. And maybe there will be problems, but in 

overall the impression and attitude is that the situation is 

favorable, this is very important. This is a positive step," he said.

At the same time, he stated that the government had presented an 

anti-corruption program that needed detailed study and analysis. At 

the same time, he promised to give detailed information on this issue 

in September this year.