YEREVAN. – The Embassy of Japan in Armenia and the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) Armenian branch have signed—in capital city Yerevan—a grant agreement on Mine Risk Education in Armenia. 

The grant is provided within the framework of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) grant program by the Japanese government.

The objective of this grant is to raise awareness among the schoolchildren and university students in Armenia about the risk of landmines in the country, and about the safety rules to avoid this risk.