PENTAGON OPENING MINE-CLEARING CENTER IN ARMENIAMarch 15, 2002 - 22:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tomorrow the mine-clearing center built and equipped due to Pentagon means will be opened in Armenian Echmiadzin City. «Arminfo» agency reports referring to US Embassy in Armenia that the US defense department spent over $1 million on creation of the center. Acquisition of materiel for the Armenian sappers is planned besides building and the integration of the center. A group of experts has arrived from the United States to train them. The center plans to turn out first crew of Armenian sappers before the end of 2002.![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |