70 U.S. DEMINING SPECIALISTS ARE SENT TO SOUTH CAUCASUS

11.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Approximately 70 U.S. Special Forces troops and supporting personnel are scheduled to be deployed to Georgia September 14, reports the U.S. Department of State. They will train Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani troops in humanitarian demining techniques. The training will be carried out at a military base near Tbilisi and is intended to create “real conditions for peace and prosperity in the southern Caucasus,” reads the official notice. U.S. humanitarian demining assistance to the three countries totals $1 million.
In July 2000 during the visit of Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian to the USA his American colleague William Cohen said the USA will help Armenia eliminate anti-infantry mines, left after the Karabakh war. -0-