The Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) is expanding humanitarian demining initiatives in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.  

The statement disseminated by AAA says that last month AAA board member Annie Totah and executive director Bryan Ardouny attended the Marshall Legacy Institute's (MLI). Apart from this, meetings were held with the representatives of MLI's K9 Demining Corps Campaign which “seeks to improve the quantity and quality of mine detection dogs (MDDs) in countries all over the world”.

The Assembly is pleased with the results of the work implemented and hopes to see current projects completed in the future.

In 2002, the AAA became one of the first participants of MLI's K9 Demining Corps Campaign and sponsored six dogs for Armenia. They also sponsored in clearing landmine areas in Armenia along its border with Azerbaijan, which are today used for other agricultural purposes.  

Last month, HALO Trust director Andrew Moore and HALO Trust USA executive director Tom Faust met with Assembly staff in their headquarters to discuss current projects in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

 

“Since 2000, HALO Trust staff has cleared almost 90% of all landmines in Nagorno Karabakh, resulting in 66,718 acres of cleared land to be used by local residents,” the statement reads.