European Union (EU) Ambassador Vassilis Maragos and the director of Armenia’s Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise (CHDE), Eduard Petrosyan, on Friday presented the second demining machine the EU has provided to CHDE, a smaller model called the MV-4. Clearing mines is slow and dangerous work.

Like the larger MV-10 handed over in July, the MV-4 is operated by remote control, so deminers can clear dangerous ground from a safe distance, the EU office in Armenia stated on Facebook.

The EU is also supporting training for Armenian deminers to operate the machines, and covering part of CHDE’s operating costs. Together, this support will help Armenia’s deminers clear land faster and more safely, so that people in the country’s border communities can get on with normal life.