Representatives of the State Department visit ANAMA
On Wednesday, the US State Department delegation visited the National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA.) According to the press release ANAMA, the main purpose of the visit is the acquaintance with the project "Ceyranchel" and learning needs of ANAMA. The American delegation is headed by the State Department Caitlin Kofi. During the meeting the partied exchanged views.
The guests visited the training base in Goygol region (360 km from Baku) and the territory "Ceyranchel" in Agstafa region (500 km from Baku), where he implemented a project on demining vast territory from unexploded ammunition from Soviet times. This project is implemented with the financial support from the United States.-03D04-
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