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US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern on Feb. 21 visited and toured Armenia’s Police Educational Complex, where he met its director, Lieutenant-General Hovhannes Varyan, and donated approximately $50,000 of classroom computer equipment, which will be used for the education and training of police personnel, according to a press release issued today by the US Embassy in Armenia.
Donated by the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Affairs, the equipment is intended to enhance the educational and training resources in the Police Educational Complex. The equipment includes desktop computers, printers, projectors and scanners.
This current donation is part of the US Government’s comprehensive law enforcement assistance program that aims to strengthen the ability of Armenian law enforcement structures to combat crime effectively and to administer criminal justice fairly.
The US Government annually provides approximately $3 million in law enforcement and criminal justice assistance to Armenia.