USA allots over 1m dollars to eliminate rocket fuel components inArm

USA allots over 1m dollars to eliminate rocket fuel components in Armenia

ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
28 Feb 05

Yerevan, 28 February: The USA is allocating over 1m dollars for the
OSCE project to eliminate rocket fuel components in Armenia, the US
embassy in Armenia has told our ITAR-TASS correspondent.

The rocket fuel components, known as “melange”, are often kept in
dilapidated containers which, in addition to inherent safety risks,
pose a significant threat to the environment, the embassy said.

[Passage omitted: minor details of the project]

“The OSCE branch office in Armenia will continue to support this
important project which is intended to improve the environment and
safety of the population,” the head of the branch office, Vladimir
Pryakhin, has said.

He has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Armenian
government on eliminating rocket fuel components.