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  • Program On Processing Of 872 Tons Of Melange Launched In Armenia

    PROGRAM ON PROCESSING OF 872 TONS OF MELANGE LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA

    Noyan Tapan
    May 15 2006

    YEREVAN, MAY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The melange processing program in Armenia
    is a good example of successful cooperation between the OSCE Office
    and a participating state and may serve as a model in the whole OSCE
    region. The OSCE Secretary General Marc Parrin de Brichambaut stated
    this during the May 12 visit to the rocket fuel neutralization site in
    the village of Ghaltakhchi of Lori marz. He welcomed the start of the
    program on processing of 872 tons of melange. "With the assistance of
    the OSCE, it has become possible to implement this initiative, which
    will be conducive to the environmetal protection and therefore to the
    security of the Armenian population," the RA Defence Minister Serge
    Sargsian said, when opening officially the melange processing facility.

    Melange is a very poisonous evaporating substance that has remained
    as a rocket fuel component in Armenia since the Soviet time. In
    compliance with a request of the RA defence minister, the OSCE Yerevan
    Office launched a program, as a result of which the whole stock of
    melange will be processed into ecologically safe fertilizer in a
    7-month period. NT was informed from the OSCE Yerevan Office that the
    current processing stage was preceded by the technical and ecological
    assessment work done by Armenian and international experts. The
    program is being financed by Canada, Finland, Germany and the US.
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