YEREVAN. – Major General Lee Tafanelli of the Kansas National Guard and Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan on Thursday observed 22 Armenian military and civilian members of the Armenian Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise, who are participating in a Demining Training Program. This program, which is funded by the US Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation and the US European Command, provides training and equipment to Armenia’s Demining Center in Etchmiadzin city, US Embassy press service informs.

The demining training runs from September 17 to Friday and focuses on proper mine marking and clearance techniques.  In addition, the US Government provided twenty mine detectors, protective equipment, and demining toolsets to Armenia’s newly established Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise.  Members of the Kansas National Guard and a civilian member of the US Humanitarian Demining and Training Center are conducting the training.