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    ARMENIA HOSTS FIRST NATO DISASTER RESPONSE EXERCISE AS CONTRIBUTION TO PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAM

    Tert.am
    17:07 ~U 16.03.10

    Exercise "Armenia 2010," a consequence management field exercise
    organized by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre
    (EADRCC), will take place from September 11-17, 2010, in Armenia.

    According to the official NATO website, "The field exercise (including
    a command post element, training and demonstration day) will be based
    on a fictitious scenario of a serious civil emergency situation in
    the Kotayq Region near the city of Arzni.

    "Up to 1,000 participants from NATO and partner countries, as well as
    representatives and observers from other international organization,s
    are expected to take part in the event, which is held annually to
    practice disaster response mechanisms and enhance co-operation in
    emergency situations."

    The Initial Planning Conference of the NATO disaster response exercise
    took place in Brussels on December 14-15, 2009. The Main and Final
    Planning Conferences will be held in Yerevan on March 15-18, 2010
    and June 21-24, 2010, respectively.

    The Main Conference official ceremony will be held on March 17 in
    Tigran Mets Hall in the Armenia Marriott Hotel. A Comprehensive
    Memorandum is planned to be signed between RA Ministry of Emergency
    Situations and the EADRCC.

    The conference will be attended by representatives of 7 international
    organizations and 20 countries.

    "Armenia 2010" is the tenth field exercise conducted by the EADRCC
    since 2000 and the first to be hosted by Armenia as its contribution
    to the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme for 2010. It is the
    first field exercise open to Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) and Istanbul
    Cooperation Iinitiative (ICI) countries for participation.
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