Georgia, Belarus to intensify co-op on emergency situations
By Jamila Babayeva
Georgian Interior Minister, Alexander Chikaidze and Belarusian Minister of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Vashchenko signed an agreement 'On cooperation between Georgia's Interior Ministry and Belarus's Emergency Situations Ministry to avoid and remediate emergency situations' on March 11.
The agreement aims to intensify the bilateral partnership cooperation in the sphere of natural and man-made emergency situations, the Georgian ministry reported.
A statute of Georgian-Belarusian Working Group on cooperation in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations was also signed. The purpose of the working group is to organize and coordinate cooperation in the mentioned fields.
As part of the visit, the Belarus delegation visited the Rescue Training Centre of the Department of Emergency Situations 11 and took part in the opening of the mountain rescue course. The guests will also visit the service agency and "112" center on March 12.
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