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Yerevan and Moscow to set up joint emergency fund in Armenia
YEREVAN, February 1. / ARKA /. Armenia and Russia will set up a joint
emergency fund in Armenia that will store a wide variety of goods from
Russian emergency fund -from food products to machinery and equipment,
secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, Arthur Baghdasaryan,
told a news conference today.
The new structure, called "ArmRosGosRezerv>> (Armenia-Russian emergency
fund) will be set up this year in Gagarin village in Gegharkunik
province. According to Baghdasaryan, it will solve also some social
problems like lack of jobs in the community.
"When products' shelf life will be close to expiration, they will be
sold at the Armenian market at prices significantly below normal, as
it happens in Russia, " Bagdasaryan said. He added that this issue
will be handled by a Russian-Armenian working group.
Baghdasaryan said also that the two sides will set up a humanitarian
emergency center near the village Balahovit (10 km north of Yerevan).
The cost of this center estimated at $60 million, will be financed by
both sides. The center will house a base of the Russian emergencies
ministry, which will become a venue for conducting joint exercise of
rescuers.
According to Baghdasaryan, Russian will deploy a special rescue unit
of its emergencies ministry there, which, if necessary, will interact
with Armenian rescuers. -0-
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YEREVAN, February 1. / ARKA /. Armenia and Russia will set up a joint
emergency fund in Armenia that will store a wide variety of goods from
Russian emergency fund -from food products to machinery and equipment,
secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, Arthur Baghdasaryan,
told a news conference today.
The new structure, called "ArmRosGosRezerv>> (Armenia-Russian emergency
fund) will be set up this year in Gagarin village in Gegharkunik
province. According to Baghdasaryan, it will solve also some social
problems like lack of jobs in the community.
"When products' shelf life will be close to expiration, they will be
sold at the Armenian market at prices significantly below normal, as
it happens in Russia, " Bagdasaryan said. He added that this issue
will be handled by a Russian-Armenian working group.
Baghdasaryan said also that the two sides will set up a humanitarian
emergency center near the village Balahovit (10 km north of Yerevan).
The cost of this center estimated at $60 million, will be financed by
both sides. The center will house a base of the Russian emergencies
ministry, which will become a venue for conducting joint exercise of
rescuers.
According to Baghdasaryan, Russian will deploy a special rescue unit
of its emergencies ministry there, which, if necessary, will interact
with Armenian rescuers. -0-
- See more at: http://arka.am/en/news/politics/yerevan_and_moscow_to_set_up_joint_emergency_fund_ in_armenia_/#sthash.JEHcFWGL.dpuf