Armenia-Russia humanitarian response center to open in Armenia
13:20, 5 November 2014
YEREVAN. KAZINFORM 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, Xinhua reports.
"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.