Deputy Minister of Justice Karen Karapetyan received Hasmik Hakobyan, the newly appointed director of USAID's "Armenia Justice Sector Support" program.

The deputy minister highly appreciated the practical cooperation with USAID within the framework of extensive reforms carried out by the ministry and expressed his willingness to cooperate more closely in all directions provided by the program.

Karen Karapetyan presented the reforms in the judicial and legal spheres, explicitly referring to the implementation of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and the work carried out in arbitration, conciliation, and e-justice. In this context, the attendees exchanged thoughts on combining the efforts of development partners and holding periodic meetings.

Project Director Hasmik Hakobyan thanked the audience for the opportunity to meet and presented the upcoming tasks within the project framework and the actions to be implemented with the Ministry of Justice. These will focus on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and issues aimed at providing access to business people and supporting the digitalization agenda of the justice sector.

The parties also discussed issues aimed at expanding the scope of cooperation beyond the full scope of judicial reforms. At the end of the meeting, the parties agreed to outline the actions to be implemented in the coming year and their schedule, and both sides expressed willingness to effectively continue the project's implementation and contribute to the continuity of reforms in the justice sector.