ARMENIA-RUSSIA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE CENTER TO OPEN IN ARMENIA
Interfax, Russia
Nov 4 2014
YEREVAN Nov. 4
An Armenia-Russia center for humanitarian response will open here in
the near future, said an official of Armenia’ s Ministry of Emergency
Situations on Tuesday.
At a regular meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Council on emergency situations, Nikolai Grigoryan, Deputy Director
of the Rescue service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES),
said that the newly established center will be equipped with latest
technical means and a huge reserve.
“And in case of any emergency we will be ready to quickly respond”, he
said, adding that cooperation with Russia doubles the Rescue Service’
s capacity to save human lives.
The 27th session of CIS Interstate Council on emergency situations
kicked off Tuesday in Yerevan. The conference gathered delegations
from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.