Yerevan, September 24, ArmenPress - Bagrat Yesayan, a presidential advisor on anti-corruption issues, said September 22 that a Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) monitoring commission is coming to Armenia next January of February to assess the country's progress in anti-corruption struggle.
Yesayan said Armenia has been monitored by the commission since its enrollment and has prepared answers to 128 questions, including corruption risk assessment in different government bodies. He said GRECO will discuss next year the monitoring commission's report on Armenia. Armenia joined GRECO last January becoming its 37-th member.
Speaking at a special discussion on Armenia's progress in anti-graft process Bagratyan said the government-designed plan of actions to crackdown on corruption has already produced some positive results. He singled out a law on organization and conduction of financial inspections that has established in a clear way the list of government organizations, which have the right to do so. He said 23 inspections conducted by the finance ministry in the first six months of this year revealed 174 million dram worth abuses part of which was restored.
According to Bagratian, though the relevant Armenian legislation was brought in conformity with European standards its application still faces some problems.