Armenia and UAE are Planning a Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Combating Trafficking
7/17/2008 4:22 AMArmenia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are planning to sign a cooperation agreement in the field of combating trafficking, reported the Head of the Migration Department of RA Ministry Territorial Administration, Gagik Yeganyan. According to his words, issues related to signing of the document within the framework of “Safe journey” migration agency program were discussed during the visit of Armenian delegation to UAE about a month ago.
“The aim of the program is to prevent trafficking by different means, starting from providing citizens with necessary information. Particularly, we are trying to find out if the employer firm for labor migrants really exists,” said Mr. Yeganyan during a press conference on Friday (20.06.08), adding that main stream of trafficking from Armenia is headed towards United Arab Emirates.
According to Mr. Yeganyan, they also plan to organize a search for labor migrants abroad about whom family members have received no news for a long time, as well as to assist Armenian citizens in obtaining official work permits.
“We had quite an effective discussion, and the authorities of Emirates also expressed interest in cooperation. The draft agreement has been elaborated and forwarded to UAE,” Mr. Yeganyan said.
He also stated that a visit of a delegation to Russian Federation is planned for July to discuss of questions of labor trafficking. Apart from that, according to Mr. Yeganyan, significant work is being done for the establishment of cooperation in the field with Turkey.
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